“I sue you, You sue me, We both sue too easily. Too easily to let it show. I sue you and that’s all I know.” — wrote Art Garfunkel never. Alison Frankel reports: A day after Aetna sued the claims administrator Kurtzman Carson Consultants for exposing confidential medical information about Aetna clients in a settlement…
Category: Health Data
Tennessee hospital notifies 24,000 patients after EMR system attacked with cryptocurrency mining software
In what may be the first report I’ve seen of a hospital having their EMR server hit with cryptocurrency mining software, Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tennessee started notifying 24,000 patients on January 26. A substitute notice on their web site explains: On November 27, 2017, we received a security incident report from our EMR…
Aetna sues claims administrator KCC over botched notice in HIV case
Alison Frankel reports that Aetna is suing Kurtzman Carson Consultants for exposing plan members’ HIV status in envelope windows sent out in July as part of notifying members of settlement negotiations in other litigation matters. The privacy breach resulting from the exposure resulted in Aetna members experiencing a privacy breach involving sensitive information, and led…
UK: Hospital chiefs launch probe after boxes of patients’ notes left in ARI corridor for a week
Ewan Cameron reports: Health chiefs today launched a probe after boxes of patients’ private health records were left unattended in a hospital corridor for a week. A shocked member of the public spotted at least six boxes of documents, including patients’ notes, sitting in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and contacted the Evening Express. After we…
Malware incident discovered in May, 2017 affected 2,600 patients: Partners HealthCare System
Partners HealthCare System, whose hospitals include Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s, revealed today that it had discovered a malware attack in May, 2017 that may have exposed 2,600 patients’ information. They learned of the problem on May 8, but because data was mixed in with code, numbers, other data, and unformatted, it took them quite…
OH: Suspects stole records, identities and cars in 33-count indictment
Daniel Barnett reports: The Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a 33-count RICO indictment against four suspects on charges that include theft, identity fraud, and breaking and entering. A press release from the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office says that Jonathan Charles Knapp, 35, and Justin Lee Goins, 26, stole information out of storage units…