The Department of Social and Health Services’ Behavioral Health Administration confirmed Thursday that a spreadsheet containing private information of 515 patients at Western State Hospital was sent to an incorrect email address. Read more on QFox13.
Category: Health Data
Central Jersey medical practice reports records breach
We now know the name of a medical practice that was impacted by the theft of patient records in September. The records had reportedly been sold at the time by the thief. Mike Deak reports: A medical practice with offices in East Brunswick and Franklin is notifying past patients that 13 boxes of medical records…
UK: Nursing auxiliary fined for unlawfully accessing patient records
And while we’re talking about insider breaches, here’s a case from the U.K. From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A nursing auxiliary has been fined for accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Marian Waddell, 61, was working at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport when she unlawfully accessed the records of the…
Ca: Pharmacist Given Conditional Sentence for Health Information Breaches
Protenus’s monthly breach barometer reports attempt to hammer home the need to address and prevent insider breaches. The problem is not unique to the U.S.. Here’s a recent case out of Canada: A pharmacist pleaded guilty to accessing health information in contravention of the Health Information Act (HIA) and received a conditional sentence order on October 16,…
Clinic worker who stole IDs of mentally ill, addicted patients for tax scam denied break on jail term
Matt Miller reports the update to a breach previously noted on this site: A clinic worker who stole the personal information of his mentally-ill and drug-addicted clients for a tax scam can’t evade a 5-year prison term for his crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
CareFirst Data Breach Case Moves to US Supreme Court
Elizabeth Snell reports: November 13, 2017 – A petition for writ of certiorari was recently filed with the US Supreme Court, pushing the CareFirst data breach case forward. CareFirst wants its case reviewed, which could potentially reignite the debate over how plaintiffs need to establish that injuries took place from a data breach. In August 2017,…