No. This is not yet another data breach in the healthcare sector. What it appears to be is a surprisingly late notification in a previously known breach, though. WLKY reports that the personal information of potentially more than 10,000 Louisville metro workers who have Concentra health insurance may have been impacted by the Medical Informatics Engineering…
Category: Health Data
New guidelines after data breaches at University Hospital Galway
Dara Bradley reports: New guidelines for supervising students conducting research at University Hospital Galway (UHG) were put in place following the discovery of a serious breach of data protection of female patients at the hospital. The guidelines were put in place in response to one of a number of data protection breaches, including release of…
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency patient privacy breach
Canadian Press reports: The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency says it has disciplined two employees for viewing the private health information of 48 people they were not providing care for. The information they looked at included patient names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health services numbers as well as information about diagnostic tests, medical exams, clinical…
CVS pharmacy clerk busted over theft of patient data
Lauren Mascarenhas reports: The California State Board of Pharmacy has suspended the license of a pharmacy technician accused of stealing data regarding 100 patients, which was used for identity theft. The board is also seeking to revoke the license of Nicole Yvonne Flores, who worked at CVS on Saturn Boulevard in San Diego, near Imperial…
UK: Jeremy Hunt in hot water after ‘breaching patient confidentiality’ by posting hospital visit picture on Twitter with board of names on it
Sam Matthew and Lydia Willgress report: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of breaching patient confidentiality by tweeting a photo to his 70,000 followers from a hospital visit. He came under fire after the image of himself with medics at University College Hospital in London captured a board listing patients on the ward in…
WA: Prosecutors: ‘Methodical’ id thieves hit Seattle clinics, law office
Levi Pulkkinen reports: Two Seattle men described by prosecutors as “methodical criminals” are now accused of breaking into clinics, a law office and mailboxes during an identity theft spree. King County prosecutors claim Duane Nelson, 42, and Randolph Chechak, 47, attacked the credit of more than a dozen people while stealing more than $100,000 during…