The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is issuing further warnings to NHS bodies about the importance of data security, after finding five more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. In one case, a ward hand-over sheet containing notes about patients’ health was left on a bus. The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust reported…
Category: Health Data
CVS, Walgreens settle with Indiana AG
Settlements have been reached between the Indiana Attorney General’s office and two pharmacy chains – CVS and Walgreens – to resolve data-breach complaints that customers’ medical information was improperly discarded in trash bins outside pharmacy stores. The agreement comes as the Attorney General begins a new concerted effort geared to address the growing problem of…
California dreaming
Just a pointer: Over on PogoWasRight.org, I’ve posted a commentary on what new breach data out of California’s health care sector might predict for when the HITECH Act goes into effect nationally.
CVS, Walgreens settle with Indiana AG
Settlements have been reached between the Indiana Attorney General’s office and two pharmacy chains – CVS and Walgreens – to resolve data-breach complaints that customers’ medical information was improperly discarded in trash bins outside pharmacy stores. The agreement comes as the Attorney General begins a new concerted effort geared to address the growing problem of…
UK: Harpenden surgery accused of breaching patient confidentiality
It is hard for me to believe that this even makes the news anywhere. Not that the person isn’t right to be concerned if the allegations are true, but it’s just that it seems so darned common as to no longer be newsworthy. Then again, maybe if such incidents did result in bad press and…
UK: 8,000 breaches due to viruses in a 1-year period
Incidents such as the report out of Alberta Health Services in Canada and this report, below, from the UK, should serve as a reminder as to how much risk attaches to networking data and having it accessible online — either intentionally or unintentionally: More than 8,000 computer viruses have infected NHS computers over the last…