Markian Hawryluk reports: Officials from Bend Memorial Clinic have filed a criminal complaint with Bend police alleging that employees of Cascade Healthcare Community’s new cancer center at St. Charles Bend have inappropriately viewed patient records from the clinic. But clinic leadership declined to explain why they believe the cancer center staff had acted inappropriately, and…
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Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Tax preparers and sisters Carolyne and Johanna Jones have been charged with using clients’ information to obtain fraudulent tax refunds. More. Former postal carrier Rodney Ervin was sentenced to 25 months for mail theft, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. More. Jennifer Derrickson was charged with seven counts of identity…
VA: Medical records blowing in the wind
CBS 6 reports that hundreds of medical records from patients at Richmond Dermatology and Laser Specialists were blowing around a parking lot. The records included, “patient lists, insurance information, social security information, phone numbers and treatment records that included one patient being treated for the herpes STD.” So how did the medical office respond when…
First we threaten the reporters….?
Kristen Ross of KBTX has a 3-part series on improper disposal of medical records in paper format. Part 1 describes hundreds of medical records floating around a dumpster that included names, addresses, social security numbers and medicaid numbers. Those documents were from the Daniel Jarvis Home Health Agency. According to Ross, attorneys for the home…
Calif. agency probes snooping of octuplet mom’s medical records
Rebecca Vesely reports: The California Department of Public Health has launched an investigation into Kaiser Permanente Bellflower (Calif.) Medical Center after nearly two dozen employees peeked at medical records of Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets at the facility in January. “This is an issue that is quickly evolving for us,†said Al Lundeen,…
N.B. says privacy policy violated after health records vanished
CBC News in Canada reports: The New Brunswick government is acknowledging that its privacy policies were not followed after the health records of 203 people went missing from a regional health authority in February. Acting health minister Kelly Lamrock said Friday that senior officials in the Department of Health should have been told immediately. That’s…