More than 1,000 patients of the Royal Bolton Hospital have been contacted after their personal details were lost near the hospital grounds. The hospital said the documents fell from a waste container which was taking them to be destroyed on 30 January. The documents contained the names, addresses and dates of birth of patients who…
Category: Health Data
CA: Hundreds of Hegarty Chiropractic patient charts found in dumpster
Hegarty Chiropractic may be feeling a bit bent out of shape today. They got caught dumping patient records in a dumpster. About 200 charts (files) with medical records, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, etc. Rancho Cordova police retrieved the files and turned them over to the state for investigation. You can watch the news…
CO: ID theft suspects charged
The Denver District Attorney’s office has charged two adults suspected of stealing hundreds of people’s identities out of homes, cars, hotels and a local hospital. Paul Simmons, 46, was charged with one count of identity theft, one count of forgery, possession of forged instruments and one count of theft of medical records. Dawn Philbin, 51,…
UT: Man sentenced in theft of medical records
AP is reporting: A man accused of stealing the medical records of more than 1.5 million patients from the University of Utah’s hospital and clinics will spend one year in jail. Shadd D. Hartman pleaded guilty in December to misdemeanor charges of theft by receiving stolen property and attempted possession of another’s identification documents. Read…
CO: 150 missing hospital patient records found
All 150 patient records missing for three months from Saint Joseph Hospital and Lutheran Medical Center have been found, according to Exempla Healthcare and FedEx. The documents had been lost by FedEx while being shipped between two third-party groups doing compliance and audit checks to make sure Exempla Healthcare meets complex Medicare requirements. FedEx spokesman…
TX: Laptop theft at Parkland Memorial Hospital could imperil employee information
Sherry Jacobson reports: A laptop computer that may have contained the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of 9,300 employees of Parkland Memorial Hospital was stolen last week, hospital officials acknowledged Monday. The laptop, valued at $1,862 and stolen Feb. 3, contained no information related to Parkland patients, the officials stressed. And while it was…