Dan Sheehan reports on a possible breach involving records that were created solely to document that patients’ medical and treatment records had been securely destroyed. Yes, this would be an appropriate place to insert an “oi veh.” SCHNECKSVILLE — A box containing confidential client health information disappeared from an office at KidsPeace, but the agency says it…
Category: Health Data
Court orders WakeMed to mitigate breach, pay fine
There’s a follow-up to a lawsuit noted previously on this site, and I think it will be of interest to those interested in healthcare sector breaches. John Murawski reports: WakeMed Health and Hospitals will soon notify thousands of patients that their personal and medical information was disclosed in court filings over six years. A federal bankruptcy…
OK: Saint Francis Investigating Hack by Seeming TDO Copycats
Well, Saint Francis Health System ignored multiple inquiries from me about the alleged hack I reported on recently, but now they’ve apparently issued a statement. Amy Slanchik of Newson6 in Oklahoma reports, in part: Roberts said after working with forensics investigators, they discovered the information taken from the server appears to be a list of about…
Guilty Plea of Krystle Steed for Taking Over Hospital Patients’ Bank Accounts
There’s a follow-up on a case previously noted on this site in December of 2015. Here’s the new press release: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of KRYSTLE STEED, 31, for using personal information stolen from patients of Lenox Hill Hospital to take over victims’ bank accounts and place…
NZ: Former Hawke’s Bay doctor struck off for ‘duping’ DHBs
Simon Hendery reports on a medical confidentiality/privacy breach in New Zealand. It is another one of those “small breach, BIG impact” breaches: A former Hawke’s Bay trainee doctor duped two district health boards into revealing confidential medical information about members of his family without their consent. Hirron Fernando then used the information from the Capital & Coast…
NYS A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrests Of 4 Aides Who Allegedly Took Photos And Videos Of Nursing Home Residents
September 15, 2016 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that, in two distinct cases, four former nursing home aides who were paid to provide care to elderly residents and residents with substantial disabilities, were arrested and arraigned on September 13 before Oswego City Court Judge James Metcalf. All four defendants were charged with felonies…