John Porretto reports for the Associated Press: Caremark Corp. will overhaul its information security system and pay the state of Texas $315,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the drugstore operator of dumping credit card numbers, medical information and other material from more than 1,000 customers into a garbage container. […] Records allegedly dumped by…
Category: Health Data
Reaction to NY Times editorial
Jeff Drummond was clearly none too impressed with a recent NY Times‘ editorial. He writes:  […] Let’s Fisk the Times piece: “The National Institutes of Health, which was responsible for safeguarding the data, made things worse by delaying in notifying the patients.” Really? How were things made worse? Was there an improper use that earlier…
Safeguarding Private Medical Data
This editorial appeared in the New York Times today: Almost 2,500 patients taking part in a federal medical trial recently had their private health data compromised when a researcher’s laptop computer was stolen. The National Institutes of Health, which was responsible for safeguarding the data, made things worse by delaying in notifying the patients. This…
MD: Patient data exposed online
In a follow-up t0 a story first reported here, Liz F. Kay of the Baltimore Sun reports: A CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield dental HMO accidentally exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, of about 75,000 members on a public Web site last month and didn’t notify them until about three weeks later. The Dental Network, which…
Abortion provider ordered to retrain employees on medical waste disposal
In a follow-up to a story reported previously, Kim Kozlowski of the Detroit News reports: The Lathrup Village abortion clinic that was under investigation this month for improper disposal of medical waste and documents has been asked to retrain its employees on handling of medical waste by next month, according to a letter mailed today…
Ca: Patient files found in vacant Yorkton office space
Angela Hall writes in the Leader-Post: REGINA — Hundreds of patient files have been discovered in a vacant Yorkton office space, prompting an investigation by the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. An anonymous complaint tipped the commissioner’s office to the presence of five large boxes containing what appears to be physician records for as many…