Lhalie Castillo reports: A Logan County man alleges his medical records were accessed by his ex-wife without permission. Brent Varney filed a complaint Oct. 23 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Charleston Area Medical Center and Angela Varney alleging negligence, invasion of privacy and other counts. According to the complaint, the plaintiff received treatment at the…
Category: Health Data
Patients at UAB Medicine clinic affected by possible data breach
Erin Edgemon reports: Patients of the UAB Viral Hepatitis Clinic may have had their protected health information exposed during a Oct. 25 data breach, UAB Medicine released late Thursday morning. The 652 patients affected were notified of the incident by letter, the university hospital said. Read more on AL.com.
Celebrity hospital worker hacked files to find out what her colleagues were paid
Chris Osuh reports: A worker with a grudge over pay hacked files at the ‘celebrity’ hospital where she worked after becoming ‘paranoid’ workmates were earning more than her. Financial administrator Karen Enabofio, 43, looked up colleagues’ salaries and emailed clients’ personal data to herself while working at the private Cygnet Hospital in Bury. Manchester Magistrates…
Privacy report says 49 workers unlawfully viewed info on Calgary patient
Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says 49 health workers unlawfully viewed and used information about a Calgary patient and her daughter in 2015. The investigation started after the Alberta Health Services privacy office was notified of a breach of information by the emergency department manager at South Health Campus. The patient’s file…
Tens of thousands of medical records including treatment plans and cancer diagnoses were lost in the post
Jason Beattie reports a concerning follow-up to the NHS Shared Business Services breach reported previously. Health chiefs are today slammed by MPs for their “staggering” failure to reassure patients after tens of thousands of clinical records were lost in the post. MPs say patients have been “badly failed,” with many still being kept in the…
University Hospital Patient Information Was Potentially Vulnerable to Hackers
Euirim Choi reports: University of Chicago hospital patient information was potentially vulnerable to hackers due to weaknesses in the University’s network, a Maroon investigation revealed. Experts suspect that vulnerabilities like these are likely to be found at many hospitals, universities, and institutions around the world. Exactly. And it would be a shame if just one hospital…