Category: Health Data

Hundreds of highly confidential medical documents including a parents’ plea for help for her mentally ill daughter have been found dumped in a nurse’s backyard. The documents, found in see-through recycle bags in easy reach of passers-by, contained sensitive information about patients from across South London including names, addresses and whether they had arthritis, bunions,…

A patient who sought treatment last year from Riverside County Regional Medical Center has filed an estimated $1 million claim against Riverside County and the hospital that claims a facility employee revealed her medical information without her consent. Tiffany Collins, 26, discovered the information breach earlier this year when she ran into a former classmate…

Since I’ve got your husband, can I also have your dental insurance? Marie Swidra really must have wanted her teeth fixed, police say. So badly, in fact, she allegedly used the identity of the estranged wife of the man she’s living with, police said. Swidra, 45, of the 300 block of Doone Road, Fairless Hills,…

Ambulance chasing just took a reckless turn — at the intersection of healthcare and the law. A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee over the past two years, and selling them to a lawyer suspected of soliciting the patients to file personal-injury claims. Ruben E….

A visitor to St Bernard’s Hospital found a list of patients scheduled to visit a particular doctor. The list was next to a rubbish bin in a public area of the hospital. The list included patients’ names, contact numbers, dates of birth… A complaint was lodged with the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority – and the Gibraltar…