May Warren reports: A Peterborough nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct for accessing almost 300 confidential patient records at Peterborough Regional Health Centre over two years, at a disciplinary hearing she fought to keep secret. Mandy Edgerton (formerly Edgerton-Reid) was slapped with a four-month suspension and a formal reprimand on Wednesday, by a…
Category: Health Data
UK: West Dunbartonshire Council warned of court action by ICO over data protection failures
A Scottish council has been rapped by the regulator for repeatedly failing to train staff around data protection. West Dunbartonshire Council were told to implement training on several occasions, as well as being advised to put in place a policy around home working. But their failure to do so ultimately contributed to a data breach…
Vail Valley Medical Center notifies 3,118 patients whose PHI was stolen by departing employee
HIPAA Journal reports: Vail Valley Medical Center (VVMC) is in the process of notifying 3,118 patients of the inappropriate disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI). A physical therapist formerly employed at Howard Head Sports Medicine was discovered to have copied the PHI of patients and taken the data to his new employer….
Edwin Shaw employee loses unencrypted flash drive with 975 patients’ info
An anonymous site visitor kindly pointed me to this item that was in the Akron Beacon Journal last week: If you went to Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation hospital in 2010 or 2011, expect to receive a letter from hospital officials saying that some of your information may have been compromised. Officials said the data…
Lawsuit claims workers comp insurers hacked into injured workers’ files
Donna Mahoney reports: A California worker claims in a federal lawsuit that three of the largest workers compensation insurance companies in California illegally hacked over 32,000 confidential workers comp files. A lawsuit, which seeks class action status, was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway Homestate, San…
2,400 members’ info stolen, Kaiser Permanente says
Nereida Moreno reports: A mail delivery truck carrying the personal information of 2,400 Kaiser Permanente members on the Inland Empire Health Plan was stolen last month from a parking lot in Santa Clarita, officials announced Friday. Michelle Simms, a Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman, said the health care provider reported the theft to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…