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What HHS may not do, a state might

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Dissent

Back in June, 2014, this site noted two breaches disclosed by Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego that involved patient data being disclosed to job applicants. Later that month, we learned that in the process of investigating the two known breaches, Rady uncovered two more such breaches. Rady duly notified HHS in June, 2014. More than two years later, there…

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AZ: Laptop stolen from EXOS contained protected health information

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Dissent

EXOS (formerly known as Athletes’ Performance) recently notified HHS of a laptop theft affecting 854 clients. The incident was reported to HHS on July 28, but was only added to the public breach tool today. In a letter dated August 1, which EXOS was kind enough to provide to DataBreaches.net, Garrett Felix, Information Security Officer for EXOS, writes, in part: Recently, we learned…

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Woman accused of identity theft, racking up thousands in medical bills

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Dissent

Medical identity theft case: ST. LOUIS COUNTY – A woman was charged with identity theft Monday after police said she used another woman’s personal information to rack up nearly $20,000 in medical bills in 2015. According to charging documents, Lesley Rankin used someone else’s personal and insurance information when she was admitted to DePaul Hospital…

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Ca: Brant County Health Unit says 494 personal records breached

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dissent

CTV Kitchener reports: An unauthorized person gained access to the immunization records of nearly 500 people, the Brant County Health Unit says. According to the health unit, the recently discovered breach involves the records of 494 people who submitted information on their child’s immunization via the BCHU website between July 2015 and October 2015. Read…

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Professional Dermatology Care, P.C notifies 13,237 patients after ransomware attack

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dissent

From their web site: Dear Patients: On June 27, 2016, Professional Dermatology Care, P.C. (PDC, P.C.) discovered a potential data breach of its network server. Following a comprehensive cybersecurity and forensic investigation, PDC, P.C. learned that unauthorized third parties from outside the United States may have recently accessed and obtained patient protected health information and…

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Analysis of July healthcare data breaches

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dissent

What kind of month was July for breaches involving health information. I counted 39 incidents reported during the month. Read Protenus’s blog for an analysis of the incidents. Update: Tom Sullivan of HealthcareITNews has a great write-up on the blog post.

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