I was skimming the Veterans Administration report to Congress on data breaches and incidents for February and thinking, “Hey, this looks pretty good this month,” and then…. I saw an incident involving the VA Midwest Health Care Network in St. Cloud, Minnesota. On February 9, a staff member conducted group meetings to complete a paper packet with…
Category: Health Data
NJ: Virtua Medical Group notifies 1,654 patients whose information was exposed on Internet (updated)
On March 11, Burlington County Times reported: Virtua Medical Group, the network of doctors exclusively affiliated with the South Jersey health system, reported Friday that patient information — including names and treatments over a five-year period — was accidentally released and viewable on the Internet in January. The medical group learned on Jan. 21 that…
NZ: Privacy review at Wellington Hospital after staffer caught snooping on records
Back in December, I noted an alleged breach at Wellington Hospital that was being investigated, but the name of the employee wasn’t provided, so it’s not clear whether that report is related to a new report out today by Ben Weather: A Wellington Hospital staff member has left after being caught accessing 33 patients’ records….
NZ: Breach of doctors’ privacy alleged at Waikato District Health Board
Libby Wilson reports: An alleged privacy breach involving doctors’ own health and safety information has sparked debate. Waikato District Health Board human resource staffers entered health and safety files of specialists without authorisation, according to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). The union has advised its Waikato members to stop using or giving medical information to the board’s Health and Safety Service. Read more on…
Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
There’s a follow-up to a breach I first noted on this blog in 2012 when Feinstein Institute for Medical Research issued a press release about a laptop stolen from a programmer’s car. Now HHS has issued a press release of its own: Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA…
NY: Centers Plan for Healthy Living Notifies Members of Stolen Laptop
March 1, 2016 Subject: Stolen Laptop On January 4, 2016, Centers Plan for Healthy Living learned that on or about January 1, 2016 a laptop was stolen from its corporate offices. It is suspected that the laptop may have contained a file which included the name, address, date of birth, Medicaid number and/or Medicare number,…