Kim S. Nash writes in CIO: Doctors can’t cure the common cold and health care IT managers apparently can’t stop the common data breach. Twenty-one of the 101 of the breaches tracked so far this year by information security group Attrition.org occurred at health care organizations. Well, that’s not right, as I pointed out in…
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Are Your Medical Records at Risk?
Sarah Rubenstein writes in the Wall Street Journal: When it comes to protecting the privacy of patients’ computerized information, the main threat the health-care industry faces isn’t from hackers, but from itself. Read the full story at WSJ
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association reports laptop stolen
The Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association reported [pdf] to the New Hampshire Department of Justice that a laptop was stolen from a staff member’s vehicle on April 16. The laptop contained birth date and social security numbers for 15 clients. CRVNA believes that the risk of ID theft is low because of the three levels…
(update) Bank of Ireland laptop theft affected 30,000
The number of Bank of Ireland customers affected by the theft of laptops last year has risen to over 30,000, RTÉ News reports. You can read more on this at RTÉ News. Because the records also include medical information, it is not clear how many customers have now had their medical information stolen in this…
FL: Possible security breach concerns patients
There may have been a serious security breach at University Community Hospital in Tampa. A Lutz man who was discharged Thursday says he was given medical records and other personal information belonging to four other patients. Eddie Covington says he discovered the documents Saturday mixed in with his own discharge papers. He told us he…
Rash of Breaches Coincides With Health Privacy & Security Week
George Lauer of iHealthBeat reports: The timing couldn’t have been better — or worse, depending on your perspective. April 13 through 19 was Health Information Privacy and Security Week. Started five years ago by the American Health Information Management Association, the week’s intent is to schedule events and publicity to raise public and professional awareness…