The personal data of patients from South Devon is in the hands of thieves after a laptop belonging to Torbay Care Trust was stolen, it has been revealed. The incident is just one of 30 occasions when personal data was lost or stolen collectively by Devon NHS staff in the last two years. The laptop…
Category: Health Data
Doctors mistakenly fax patients' data to Indiana company
Chris Echegaray reports: Doctors’ offices in Tennessee have been accidentally sending patient information, including Social Security numbers and medical histories, to an Indiana businessman’s fax machine for the past three years. The sensitive medical information was supposed to be sent to the Tennessee Department of Human Services, but Bill Keith, owner of SunRise Solar Inc….
Crawford & Company employee sentenced for ID theft
As a follow-up to a case reported previously, the Associated Press reports that Shanell Bowser has been sentenced to five years in prison and was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution to the victims of an identity theft scheme. Bowser, who was employed by medical claims adjustment firm Crawford & Company, had access…
Med. claims adjuster sentenced to 18 months for ID theft
Cross-posted from databreaches.net: As a follow-up to a case previously reported here, Stephanie Locke has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for bank fraud and social security misuse. One of the victims, a J.C. Penney employee, Michelle McCambridge, helped when she recognized Locke when Locke came up to her register. More details on KING5.
Files on 175 Penrose patients apparently stolen
Brian Newsome reports: Social security numbers and other personal information for 175 patients of Penrose Hospital’s imaging department were apparently stolen earlier this month. No arrests have been made and no one has been put on leave or fired, but both Colorado Springs police and Penrose-St. Francis Health Services are investigating. Centura Health, which oversees…
State Requiring Prompt Med To Appear At Hearing About Dumped Records
As a follow-up to a breach previously reported, Kerri Hartsfield reports: The State Department of Justice is requiring an attorney for Prompt Med to appear at a hearing after hundreds of medical records were found in a dumpster and sitting alongside a street. Last month, a 2 Wants to Know investigation revealed that more than…