Brian Soergel reports: On Aug. 31, employees of the Health and Wellness Clinic at 22005 76th Ave. W in Edmonds discovered that a storage room where patient records were kept was broken into, according to the clinic’s Jenni Ricker. The clinic offers “natural medicine and physical care solutions for every lifestyle.” The storage room is…
Category: Health Data
Data leak at Covid testing call center under investigation
NL Times reports: The Dutch data protection authority AP is investigating whether health service GGD is complying with privacy rules with its coronavirus test line, the call center where Netherlands residents can book a Covid-19 test and which calls with their results. This follows stories of former employees still having access to personal data, even…
Documents give details on Hennepin Healthcare employees fired for ‘improperly’ accessing George Floyd records
Hannah Flood reports: The public is learning more about some employees at Hennepin HealthCare who were fired for accessing George Floyd’s medical information when they weren’t supposed to. An attorney for Floyd’s family was notified last month that his medical records were accessed multiple times by employees at the hospital, violating Floyd’s medical privacy and…
UK: Edinburgh nurse sacked from RIE after being caught viewing records of neighbours and friends
Alasdair Clarke reports: A nurse who abused her position to read the private medical records of 28 patients has been sacked by NHS Lothian. Julie Naughton admitting to looking at the records over a six month period in 2018 without having any medical or health need. She was working at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at the time, and some…
Cyberattack on Georgia agency exposed private information of parents, children
WSBTV reports: Hackers breached state email accounts in the Georgia Department of Human Services exposing personal information of adults and children who have cases with Child Protective Services and the Division of Family and Children Services. The breach happened in the first two weeks of May, but state officials say it was August before state…
OCR Settles Ninth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
From HHS, yesterday: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has settled its ninth enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative as an enforcement priority in 2019 to support individuals’ right to timely access to their health…