The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has apologised to a Westport woman for requesting her medical files without her consent. But Jessica Adamson, 66, is still waiting for the West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB) to explain why it gave her files to ACC without asking or telling her. Mrs Adamson is fighting ACC for compensation…
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Credit Cards Stolen From Visitors, Patients At Local Hospitals
Manassas police are warning citizens about credit cards thefts from visitors and patients at local hospitals. In these incidents, thieves hang around hospital lobby waiting areas and seek out elderly visitors and patients to rob, police said. […] Police said similar incidents happened during summer and fall of 2007. They said Potomac Hospital in Prince…
TX: Drug Treatment Records Found in the Trash
The News 4 Trouble Shooters found a gold mine at a local drug treatment center. Hundreds of private, personal records thrown out with the trash. Information that, by law, must be protected. A tip led the Trouble Shooters to the dumpster behind Treatment Associates, located at 701 San Pedro, near downtown. We pulled out more…
UK: Colchester manager sacked over lost laptop
Joe Fernandez reports on eHealth Insider: A senior hospital manager, who lost a laptop containing the unencrypted records of more than 20,000 patients while he was on holiday, has been dismissed from his position. The manager from Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, lost the laptop in Edinburgh in June, and was initially suspended while…
Ie: 100 medical records lost by NHS in three years
Lisa Smyth reports in the Belfast Telegraph: Nearly 100 medical records have been lost in Northern Ireland over the last three years. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey revealed the figures in response to a question from DUP MLA Simon Hamilton — who is alarmed at the number of lost records. Figures released by Mr McGimpsey show…
Records loss may violate U.S. law (follow-up)
Liz Austin Peterson of the Houston Chronicle reports: A low-level Harris County Hospital District administrator probably violated federal law when she downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients with HIV, AIDS and other medical conditions onto a flash drive that later was lost or stolen, legal experts said Thursday. […] “This is an egregious…