The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has entered into a resolution agreement with Seattle-based Providence Health & Services (Providence) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. In the agreement, Providence agrees to pay $100,000 and implement a detailed corrective action…
Category: Health Data
Wilmington L.A. Weight Loss closes, dumps client files in trash bin
David Reynolds reports in Star-News: L.A. Weight Loss has shut its doors in a strip mall listed as 228 Eastwood Road, leaving some customers without services they say they’ve paid for. A paper sign on the door says the center is closed permanently. And this week, the Star-News found clients’ files thrown in a Dumpster…
UK: Patient data of 45,000 'is stolen from cupboard'
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…
UK: Laptop with patient files stolen
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
Greensboro Gynecology Associates breach update
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…
TX: Covenant says three laptops stolen since May
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…