Tristan Scott reports: Cancer survivor Lois Fitzpatrick worries that a prescription drug database proposed for the upcoming session of the Montana Legislature would compromise her privacy and hinder patients’ access to pain medications. Mark Long, chief of the narcotics bureau for Montana’s Division of Criminal Investigations, fears that if the drug registry fails, addicts and…
Category: Health Data
NY: County Owned Laptop Stolen
The Erie County Executive’s office issued a statement Friday announcing a county laptop comuter [sic] was reported stolen from a county health facility at 608 William Street. The county says the theft appears to have occurred on or about August 28th. County Attorney Cheryl Green says once staff discovered the theft, they reported it to…
Data breach, mailing error effecting St. Mary's patients (follow-up)
A mailing processing error has affected notifications to 7,000 clients and patients of Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno about a possible data breach. Hospital officials say the credit reporting bureau Equifax sent initial notification letters to incorrect post office boxes. In all, Saint Mary’s sent letters to about 128,000 people in July after…
UK: NHS hit by loss of sexual health data
A memory stick containing information about the STI tests of 146 people has gone missing from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. All patients have been informed of the loss. The stick is assumed to have been stolen on Thursday 21st August. Read more in Pink News
Health Care Provider Plugs Potential Data Leak Points
Paul Korzeniowski reports in Dark Reading: Meridian Health Hospitals needed a way for its users to access personal and Web-based email systems at work without risking any data leaks. The New Jersey-based health care organization — which operates four hospitals, oversees long-term care facilities, provides home health care services, supplies health care equipment, operates a…
Personal Health Records: Directing More Costs and Risks to Consumers?
Terry, Nicolas P.,Personal Health Records: Directing More Costs and Risks to Consumers?(August 22, 2008). Download full article from SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1248768 Abstract: This article is principally concerned with a subset of electronic health records known as personal health records. In contrast to the more familiar charts, paper records, and electronic medical records maintained by health care…