From the this-sounds-so-very-very-wrong dept: Two nurses who lodged a complaint with the Texas Medical Board about a physician’s standard of practice at a West Texas hospital face up to 10 years in prison after being indicted on charges of misuse of official information. The charges have raised the ire of the medical community, which calls…
Category: Health Data
Forming Nursing Home Intern Accused of Identity Theft
As a follow-up to a story posted last week: There could be more victims in the identity theft investigation of a dozen senior citizens including some deceased patients, this according to the Visalia Police Department. Investigators say a former intern at Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital in Visalia stole patient records and used the information to…
Bits ‘n Pieces
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…
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…