A woman was recently convicted of knowingly accessing health information of seven people in contravention of the Health Information Act (HIA). On Feb. 5, Denise Tourneur pleaded guilty to illegitimately accessing the health information of seven individuals on 44 separate occasions at the Kaye Edmonton Clinic where she worked. The situation stemmed from a breach discovered by…
Category: Health Data
NZ health board hit with ransomware
Sophie Ryan reports: Whanganui District Health Board has been targeted by hackers who infected its computers with a “ransomware” attack. […] Whanganui District Health Board’s information and communications technology manager Barry Morris said the threat from Locky had been contained and no ransom was paid to the hackers. Read more on New Zealand Herald.
2 Veteran Fire Chiefs On Hook for $55G In Drug-Test-Leak Case
Sarah Dorsey reports: They’ll be shelling out $55,000—but they could have been on the hook for much more. The former head of the FDNY’s biggest anti-affirmative-action group and a retired fire officer have agreed to pay $45,000 and $10,000, respectively, to settle a lawsuit charging they leaked personal information—including the results of a drug test—to…
St. Joseph Hospital employee information leaked in phishing scam
News12 reports: A Passaic County hospital says that a security breach caused some personal information about some of its employees to get out. Saint Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson says that a phishing scam has led to the unintentional disclosure of employee information, including social security numbers. “The information disclosed did not include any employee…
AU: Flinders Medical Centre health staff caught snooping in Cy Walsh’s medical records
Nick Toscano reports: More than a dozen unauthorised medical staff have been caught accessing the confidential records of Cy Walsh after he was arrested over the murder of his father, former Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh. His electronic records, including test results that could relate to the criminal trial, have been accessed by at least 13…
Computer glitch at hospital sends 6,200 accounts to collections
Sue Sterling reports: Warrensburg – About 6,200 accounts at Western Missouri Medical Center were turned over to a collection agency due to a glitch in the computer changeover, interim President/CEO Darinda Reberry said. Reberry said the glitch occurred among patients who had several accounts that the new computer system did not link. She said patients…