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Atlantic Digestive Specialists notify patients of ransomware incident

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Dissent

On February 20, 2017, Atlantic Digestive Specialists (“ADS”) discovered that some of its systems were infected with ransomware.  ADS removed the ransomware from the affected systems by February 22, 2017. ADS has been working diligently, with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators, to determine the full nature and scope of this incident.  To date, the…

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Iowa Veterans Home warns nearly 3,000 of data breach after phishing incident

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Dissent

In February 2017, Google and the State of Iowa were the target of multiple phishing email campaigns. The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the Iowa Veterans Home jointly responded and coordinated the  recovery of the incident and worked together to implement additional measures to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. We…

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RI: Lifespan notifying 20,000 patients after unencrypted laptop stolen from employee’s car

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Dissent

Lifespan is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. To date, Lifespan has no indication that any patient information has been accessed or used by anyone as a result of this incident. Lifespan is investigating the theft of an employee’s…

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AU: Patient privacy breach: over 1600 medical letters found dumped in Sydney bin

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Dissent

Kate Aubusson reports: More than 700 public patients have had their privacy breached and potential delays in their follow up care after more than 1600 medical letters were found dumped in Sydney bin. NSW Health is investigating the incident involving a sub-contractor for a company tasked with transcribing medical letters sent from specialists to general practitioners,…

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No Business Associate Agreement? $31K Mistake

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Dissent

From HHS: The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $31,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and agreed to implement a corrective action plan. CCDH is a small, for-profit health care provider with…

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Amedisys Home Health notifies patients after shredding bins found off-site

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Dissent

Amedisys Home Health of Fayetteville was recently informed that two bins used for collecting shredded materials from the Fayetteville care center were found in an enclosure behind a local business, and did not reach the vendor’s intended destination to a secure shredding facility. Read more on The Montgomery Herald.

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