Marissa Harshman reports: Nearly 2,000 patients at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center are being notified that an employee unnecessarily accessed their private health information. The Vancouver medical center discovered on Aug. 9 that the employee accessed electronic files containing protected health information, including patient names, ages, medical record and account numbers, admission and discharge dates, progress…
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Premier Medical Associates reports data breach
Ben Schmitt reports: Monroeville-based Premier Medical Associates, owned by Highmark Health, on Friday reported a data breach involving 900 patients and visitors to its website. The incident did not involve electronic health records system or its patient portal, according to a press release. Website visitors who submitted information through the “Contact us” portion of Premier…
More than four months after phishing attack, AU Medical Center notifies patients and employees
I had this deja vu feeling reading a report by Tom Corwin: Nearly five months after it happened, AU Medical Center announced that some patients may have had their personal information compromised by an attack on faculty email accounts, the hospital announced today. The attack known as phishing, where users unknowingly open up legitimate-seeming but…
NC: Morehead Memorial Hospital: Data breach may have leaked patient and employee information
Jessica Seaman reports: Morehead Memorial Hospital on Friday said a data breach has potentially exposed patient and employee information. The hospital said personal data may have been obtained through a phishing attack that affected two employee email accounts. Morehead Memorial did not say how many people were affected by the data breach. Read more on…
NJ: Man stole records from doctors’ storage unit
Associated Press reports: Authorities say a man stole hundreds of medical records from a storage unit used by three doctors and then sold the information. Middlesex County prosecutors say Fernando Rios is charged with identity theft, trafficking in personally identifying information and burglary. Authorities say the 33-year-old Sayreville man broke into a storage facility in…
Ca: Employee fired for allegedly ‘snooping’ into patient records
Arthur White-Crummey reports: The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has fired an employee for allegedly “snooping” into the medical records of her own family members. According to a report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the employee improperly accessed the patient information of 14 people, including several family members. The health region detected the breach…