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Fallout from the VA prescription database breach

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Dissent

The recent hacking of the Virginia prescription database is affecting some patients’ ability to obtain prescription medications, according to a report filed by the Associated Press: A House panel learned that powerful drugs such as Oxycontin, Valium, Vicodin and Ritalin are being withheld because pharmacists can’t check with the prescription drug database that still allows…

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Laptops with Patient Data Stolen in Alberta

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Dissent

The University of Alberta Hospital is reporting that a burglary occurred earlier this month resulting in two laptops containing patient information being stolen. Alberta Health Services said the theft happened on June 4th, in the hospital’s Provincial Lab Information Technology room. Two laptops with health information of more than 300,000 people were stolen. Information on…

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FTC Approves Consent Order in CVS Case

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Dissent

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the CVS Caremark case involving failure to adequately secure customers’ medical and financial data. Prior coverage of the case can be found here. Additional documents on the case can be found here. According to the complaint, CVS Caremark did not implement…

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MN: Posting online can be invasion of privacy, Appeals Court rules

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Dissent

In a case that seems like deja vu all over again, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that posting someone else’s embarrassing personal information on the Internet can be a legal invasion of privacy, regardless of how many people view the site. In this case, the personal information concerned a woman’s sexually transmitted disease that…

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SVI police investigate leaked photo of deceased crash victim

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Dissent

Ghouls – and unprofessional ones at that. St Thomas/St John/Water Island Chief of Police Rodney Querrard released the following message to the USVI public on Tuesday in hopes of finding out who took a CELL phone picture of a deceased auto accident victim, then forwarded it. “It has come to my attention that a confidentiality…

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AL: Medical records discovered in garbage truck, landfill

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Dissent

Hundreds of medical files with personal and medical details were found in and around a garbage truck at a landfill in Montgomery, Alabama. The records were marked, “Radiology Department, Baptist Medical Center.” Baptist Health uses a third party for some of its record disposal, and a spokesperson said that they are investigating the matter. Source:…

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