The Canadian Press reports: Six beneficiaries in Newfoundland and Labrador’s prescription drug program have received letters from the Department of Health and Community Services that were intended for someone else. The government says it has contacted the six people affected by telephone. The six letters are from 21,000 mailings sent on June 29 extending beneficiaries’…
Category: Health Data
Hospital investigating leak of Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical information
More on a privacy breach previously noted on this blog. Henry McKenna reports: The hospital treating Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has begun searching for the cause of a data breach, which allowed ESPN reporter Adam Schefter to share Pierre-Paul’s medical records on Twitter on Wednesday. The documents showed Pierre-Paul was scheduled for a right…
OH: Elyria hospital patients’ records improperly accessed by worker
Brad Dicken reports: The personal and medical information on nearly 300 patients at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center was improperly accessed by a now-fired hospital employee. Hospital spokeswoman Alicia Reale said Thursday that an internal investigation was launched May 13 after it was discovered that an employee had accessed the hospital’s electronic medical record system…
Theft of prescription bottles during riots results in breach notifications
There was a lot of media attention last month when Rite Aid disclosed that it was notifying customers whose prescriptions with personal and Rx information were stolen during the Baltimore riots in April. Flying somewhat lower under the media radar, however, was the fact that CVS similarly started notifying its customers later in June. The…
Govt. prosecutes health workers for snooping into Rob Ford’s medical records
Olivia Carville reports: Three hospital workers have been charged under Ontario’s health privacy law for snooping into former mayor Rob Ford’s medical records after he was diagnosed with cancer. If convicted, this will be the first time in Ontario’s history that an individual has been successfully prosecuted under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)…
wtf?
ESPN obtained medical charts that show Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul had right index finger amputated today. pic.twitter.com/VI5cbS1uCw — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 8, 2015 How did ESPN obtain those charts? If Pierre-Paul gave the records to ESPN with permission to share publicly, that’s his right, of course, but did he, or did someone just share his…