In the justice system: Melanee R. Fretz, a former bookkeeper at the Kutztown Manor nursing home, was sentenced to nine months of house arrest for stealing the identity of an invalid resident. She was also sentenced to seven years of probation following the house arrest. More. Karina Orduna-Ramirez was charged with four felony counts of…
Category: Health Data
Three plead guilty to accessing slain anchor's medical records
A physician and two former employees of the St. Vincent Health System pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor federal charges for accessing the medical records of slain television anchor Anne Pressly, the U.S. attorney’s office and FBI announced. Dr. Jay Holland and Candida Griffin, both of Little Rock, and Sarah Elizabeth Miller of England, appeared separately…
More on California's 823 breach reports
Wired News’ Kim Zetter talked with Scott Drake after California received more than 800 reports of health data breaches in the first five months after their new state law went into effect January 1.
ID theft at Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital
At least eight seniors at the Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital have had their identity stolen by a former intern, the Visalia Police said. Ratoni Brown, 28, of Visalia was a nursing student intern through Sacramento Junior College when she was placed at Kaweah Manor through a private firm. She and Paul Lopez, 48, of Visalia…
Kaiser Bellflower is fined (another) $187,500 for privacy breach
The Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower has been hit with a $187,500 fine for failing for a second time to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information, state pubic health officials said today. [Updated at 3 p.m.: A spokesman for the hospital said the fine was part of the ongoing investigation into employees improperly accessing…
UCSD cancer center health info breach
Thirty thousand patients at University of California, San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center have been notified of a hack last month that resulted in access to their protected health information. Read more from the Associated Press.