Abbott Brant reports: If you shopped at Rite Aid‘s 238 Hooker Ave. store in the past year, you should keep an eye on your bank and credit card statements, according to the Rite Aid Corporation. A Rite Aid associate at the Poughkeepsie location “may have obtained limited customer information” including customer names, addresses and payment…
Category: Health Data
Event: 2016 PHI Protection Network Conference
I don’t get to attend many conferences as I’m self-funded, but I’ll be attending the 2016 PPN Conference in Philadelphia March 17-18. Here’s the program: Day One 8:15 – 8:30 Welcome Remarks 8:30 – 9:30 Explore Evolving Health Care Threat Gamut: Employee Negligence to Criminal Attacks Investigators from the FBI and the Justice Department will…
Ca: Inuvik hospital confirms potential data breach by employees
CBC News reports: Beaufort Delta Health and Social Services has hired two investigators to look into a potential data breach of patients’ confidential health records by employees at the Inuvik Hospital. The health authority says an internal audit showed a possible information breach of electronic records by a small number of its employees. Read more on…
MI: 700 Letters sent to wrong patients at Borgess Rheumatology
WWMT reports that Borgess Rheumatology is notifying approximately 700 patients who received letters intended for other patients. The mailing error occurred on December 9, 2015, and the medical practice learned of their error on December 10 and began contacting affected patients. According to a statement the news channel received, the letters contained names of patients and the…
Second Tampa General Hospital employee charged in patient identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme
There’s an update to a case first noted on this site in July, 2013. The Tampa Tribune reports that Shakania Benton, 37, a former Tampa General Hospital unit coordinator for the hospital’s main operating room, has been indicted on charges she disclosed patient information in connection with a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Previously,…
5 laptops stolen from Alberta Health Services office in Edmonton (UPDATED)
CBC News reports that five laptops were stolen from the Edmonton offices of Alberta Health Services on the evening of January 25. Alberta Health Services confirmed the theft but did not say what information was on the devices. Police say no arrests have been made and the laptops have yet to be recovered. All AHS would say…