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Personal health information in the wrong hands can be painful

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dissent

No wonder PHI is an attractive target for cyber criminals. It is relatively easy to get, and it gives them all the advantages of a stolen identity. And it is tough for defenders to protect data that is meant to be widely, and quickly, shared Read Taylor Armerding’s article on CSO as to why protected health…

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CT: Advanced Radiology Consulting, LLC notifies patients of breach

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dissent

Shelton, CT – July 24, 2015 – Although unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of patient protected health information, on July 24, 2015, Advanced Radiology Consulting, LLC (“ARC”) will provide written notice of a recent data event to a small subset of its patient population. ARC has established a confidential inquiry line that patients…

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Lawsuit filed in Medical Informatics Engineering data breach (updated)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dissent

Sherry Slater reports: The ink was barely dry on patient notification letters when Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. was named the defendant in a lawsuit alleging that negligence contributed to the local company’s May data breach. James Young, a patient whose medical information was compromised, filed the paperwork Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne….

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CA: Pharmacy Technician Suspended for Patient Data Theft

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dissent

Pharmacy Times has more on the case of a pharmacy technician at a San Diego CVS store who was accused of stealing patient data for identity theft. It appears that CVS had no knowledge of the data theft until they were contacted by the Secret Service, who had raided her apartment: During an interview with CVS…

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East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates notifies patients after patient list discovered on employee’s laptop (updated)

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Dissent

What may have been an innocent, but improper, storage of PHI on an employee’s personal laptop has led to a breach notification by East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates. The only thing that might seem a tad concerning is that the breach was discovered by police who were apparently investigating an unrelated matter. The employee was not…

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South Korea: Major health data breach hits sector ‘weak’ in compliance

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Dissent

Rocio Galeote has more on the case in South Korea that involves the allegedly illegal sale of prescription information to IMS Health Korea and the transfer of that info to IMS Health in the U.S., etc. The breach impacts 43 – 44 million Koreans. I still haven’t seen anyone name the systems developer who’s also charged…

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