Ross Todd reports: Anthem Inc., the nation’s second largest health insurer, has taken its first swing at narrowing litigation stemming from a major data breach affecting about 80 million customers. In court papers filed Monday, Anthem’s lawyers at Hogan Lovells maintain that customers have failed to show any actual damages as a result of the…
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Lahey Clinic Hospital settles OCR charges stemming from theft of laptop used with CT scanner
Hot off the presses: there’s been another settlement announced by OCR. This one involves Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Lahey Clinic Hospital), who have agreed to pay $850,000 and to adopt a robust corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program. Lahey is a nonprofit teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts Medical School, providing primary…
UK: Niall O’Kane eye patients alerted over lost records
Jade Edwards reports: A copy of patients’ records, which include names, addresses, national insurance numbers and bank account details, has been lost by an optometrist in Strood. The protected back-up copy of Niall O’Kane Optometrists’ patient database was left on a train on Saturday, October 10. Mr O’Kane wrote to patients explaining the situation. In…
Ca: Andrew Younger files complaint with Privacy Commissioner after personal health information revealed
Marieke Walsh reports: After personal health information was disclosed yesterday, Dartmouth East MLA Andrew Younger is filing a complaint against Kirby McVicar with the Information and Privacy Commissioner. McVicar, chief of staff to Premier Stephen McNeil, told reporters on Monday that Younger was suffering from PTSD and had a possible brain tumour. Read more on Global News.
NYC Dermatologist Emails Spreadsheet Containing Personal Info for 15K Patients
Ida Siegal reports: When Missy Brown opened her email Monday morning, she was stunned to find a document from her doctor’s office containing personal information for 15,000 names. “I think the subject line said ‘coupon attached,’ and I saw that there was a spreadsheet attachment,” she said. “As soon as I opened it, I saw that…
UK: Thousands of medical records lost in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary flooding
BBC reports: Thousands of medical records were lost during flooding at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary earlier this year, NHS Grampian has revealed. Torrential rain caused severe flooding in parts of the city on 7 July. A secure basement at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary containing a records library was affected. NHS Grampian said 8,100 records could not be…