When Drexel University College of Medicine experienced a breach due to the theft of a computer, they notified states attorney general as required by various state laws. But because only one resident of Maryland was affected by the breach, Drexel included a copy of the notification letter to the patient when they notified the Maryland…
Category: Health Data
Ie: Outrage as patient files unearthed
Fury and concern were today expressed by doctors and medical groups that confidential medical records were dumped and ended up lying in a field. Medical files containing sensitive information were discovered in a former landfill near the Elm Tree bar in Glounthaune —being excavated for the Cork-Midleton rail line — by a local woman 48…
NY: 88,000 patients at risk after computer theft
Glenn Nyback reports in the Staten Island Advance: Computer equipment stolen from an administrative office in Rosebank in December contained personal information about 88,000 patients who have been treated at Staten Island University Hospital. After four months with no arrests, hospital administrators are just now beginning the process of sending letters to patients whose names,…
File stolen from Johns Hopkins employee vehicle contained sensitive info
Just to keep our records and chronologies complete, I am posting this breach that occurred in December 2007; notification was made in January 2008, but it just came to our attention: A folder stolen from the vehicle of an employee of Johns Hopkins contained sensitive information on 190 former and current members of an outpatient…
L.A. woman accused of stealing stars' medical info
Dan Whitcomb reports: A former hospital worker implicated in the theft of medical records for “Charlie’s Angels” star Farrah Fawcett, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife and some 60 other celebrities and selling them to the media has been indicted on federal charges. Lawanda Jackson, a former low-level administrative specialist at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles,…
Identity theft drug scheme spanned 11 states
In an update to a previous story, Scott Daughterty of The Capital reports: The Garrett County woman didn’t have back pain. She didn’t visit hospitals in 11 states to get prescription pain killers to help her cope. Still, federal prosecutors said, the hospitals kept sending her bills demanding payment for those medications and services. One…