Category: Health Data

SOUTHWARK PRIMARY Care Trust lost sensitive and confidential information on 45,000 of the country’s most vulnerable patients, after a portable hard drive was reportedly stolen from a specialist disability rehabilitation centre. The hard drive – containing the name, address, telephone number and a description of the level of disability of 45,000 patients at Crystal Palace’s…

A laptop containing the details of 89 patients has been stolen from Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, it has emerged. NHS Forth Valley said the break-in happened last month at the hospital’s audiology department when the offices were closed. Full story – BBC

Ryan Seals of the News & Record provides additional details on the stolen backup tape reported on July 15: Police said 47,000 people have been notified that their personal information may have been on a computer tape stolen from a Greensboro medical practice. The tape, which contained the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of…

Kristen Hackney-redman of the Avalanche-Journal reports: A total of three laptop computers have been reported stolen from two or more different areas of Covenant hospitals since May, said Gwen Stafford, a Covenant vice president. At least one of the laptops contained personal information, including patient names, dates of births and reasons for being seen, but…

Logan G. Carver of Avalanche-Journal reports: A national medical company will pay the state of Texas nearly $1 million after reaching a settlement Wednesday with the state Attorney General’s Office over improper discarding of medical records at a Levelland clinic. Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership and parent company Select Medical Corp. will pay the…

Brian Meechan of BBC reports: More than 150 security breaches at NHS trusts across Wales have led to patient and staff details being put at risk. Among data losses over a three year period, patient details from an entire children’s ward in Wrexham was found on a piece of paper in a puddle. […] The…