BBC reports: Patients’ details were inside a bag which was stolen in an NHS hospital, it has emerged. The bag, which contained the personal information of “a number of patients”, was stolen in Dorset’s Poole Hospital, a report by its trust said. It was “discarded and hidden within the hospital” and the documents recovered, according…
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OR: Lane County Health and Human Services says more than 700 patients and clients had their files lost or possibly destroyed
Bryan Anderson reports: Lane County Health and Human Services announced the loss of 49 boxes containing patient and client information Tuesday night. The boxes contained 566 Community Health Centers of Lane County patient medical information files and 149 Lane County Developmental Disabilities client files. Those files included medical histories, addresses, contact information and social security…
Thousands of Medical Records Left Unsecured–So Who’s Investigating?
A news report from a few days ago is actually a good example of the frustration some experience with OCR investigation of breaches. TL;DR version: a breach was reported by the media in March, 2017. This site also noted it. But now, more than one year later, there have been no consequences for the entity,…
Central New York Cardiology notifies 824 patients after appointment records recovered by USPS from mail receptacle
I’m not sure I understand from the notification (reproduced below) how this incident occurred, but Central New York Cardiology is notifying 824 patients after the post office sent them a package of patient records that had been found loose in a mail receptacle. The records were appointment lists from October 2017 that, according to CNYC, should…
Follow-up: More than 1200 people could receive settlements after Flowers Hospital data breach
WTVY reports that if a federal judge approves a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit, more than 1200 patients of Flowers Hospital in Alabama might receive reimbursement for credit monitoring expenses, payment for up to four hours of lost wages dealing with the breach, and a refund of any interest lost due to tax refund…
Some Kanawha County employees receive data breach notices after ComplyRight breach
Rick Steelhammer reports: Some Kanawha County employees whose health insurance coverage is issued through the county may have had personal information accessed during a data breach of the website of a cloud-based human resources servicing firm. Florida-based ComplyRight, which offers an array of HR-related data services to small businesses and government organizations, informed Kanawha County…