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UK: Hospital's high risk over patients' records

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Dissent

John Morgan reports: There is a “high risk” of patient data being lost at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. A risk assessment by the hospital itself states that the high volume of data handled at the trust by a high number of staff means the risk cannot be eliminated altogether. The News has found that information lost by…

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Los Angeles Area Health Care Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Medical Identity Theft and Medicare Fraud

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Dissent

  A La Crescenta man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges of defrauding Medicare by using patients’ Medicare identification numbers without their knowledge, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Thomas P. O’Brien announced. Between August 2003 and April 2008, Melkon Gabriyelyan,…

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Landmark 20-year study to assess impact of personal genetic testing

Posted on October 14, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

A consortium of US healthcare, technology and research leaders have joined forces in a first-of-its-kind research study to assess the behavioural impact of personal genetic testing on people who choose to receive such screenings to identify their potential risk for developing certain diseases. Sponsored by the US Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI), the study aims…

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UK: Health staff warned over data

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Dissent

HEALTH workers have been threatened with police action if they break data protection laws. In a note to NHS Lothian staff, bosses said there was a “zero tolerance” approach to the issue. The reminder comes after a memory stick containing 137 patient records was lost earlier this year. Read more in Edinburgh Evening News

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Few Americans confident in privacy of EHRs

Posted on October 13, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Rebecca Vessely reports: Many Americans want electronic health records, and say they would access their personal health information online, but the majority are concerned about confidentiality issues, according to a survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization. […] But just 12% reported they are extremely or very confident that their records…

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Virginia Beach man pleads guilty in identity theft, fraud (Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center follow-up)

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Dissent

  Lauren King reports: A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and participating in a scheme to defraud Navy Federal Credit Union, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the eastern district of Virginia. Jorge Luis Silva-Davalos, 29, is to be sentenced Jan. 22 and faces up…

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