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Laptop containing Northwest Territories residents’ health info stolen in Ottawa

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Dissent

Alex Brockman reports: A laptop containing health information on people living in the Northwest Territories was stolen from a vehicle in Ottawa, according to a news release from the territory’s health department. The laptop held comprehensive health data on patients in the N.W.T. and their health history. The computer was stolen from a locked vehicle…

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LabMD litigators on what case says about US cyber regulation

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Dissent

David Cohen, Douglas Meal, and Michelle Visser of Ropes and Gray, the firm that represented LabMD against the FTC, write: Representing LabMD in its successful petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has been a fascinating experience in a number of ways. One of those is what the case reinforced for…

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UK: Nurse who illegally accessed patient records is struck off

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Dissent

Antony Gedge reports: A former Hywel Dda Health Board nurse who illegally accessed thousands of patient records has been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Elaine Anne Lewis, who worked at Glangwili Hospital, was fined by Llanelli magistrates after she admitted the data breaches that saw her access confidential records of over 3,000…

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Charging LabCorp with HIPAA Violation

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Dissent

Fred Donovan reports: June 25, 2018 – US District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras dismissed a lawsuit by Hope Lee-Thomas accusing LabCorp of a HIPAA violation for not providing adequate privacy protections at its Providence Hospital computer intake station. Lee-Thomas argued in her lawsuit that LabCorp failed to shield her PHI from public view at its computer…

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Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information data breach

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Dissent

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 870 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have exposed some of their health information. On June 3, 2018, a Michigan Medicine employee’s personal laptop computer was stolen. The theft occurred when the employee’s car was broken into and his bag, which contained the…

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Medical records mishap sends confidential information to Westerville woman

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Dissent

Terri Sullivan reports: Elizabeth Spilker might know more about you than you think. For about a year now, a local hospital has been faxing other people’s personal medical records to her home. “We have been getting regular faxes over the last year or so from Grant Medical Center, with people’s personal information attached,” said Spilker….

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