Guillermo Contreras reports on a case I don’t recall seeing before: A judge sentenced a former Methodist Healthcare worker to more than 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing patient identities and using the information to claim unemployment benefits. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered Andrea Nicole Brooks, 30, to serve 97 months for…
Category: Health Data
WV: Woman sues Marshall Health for privacy breach
Kyla Asbury reports: A woman is suing Marshall Health after she claims an unauthorized employee accessed her daughter’s medical record multiple times. Kristi Dunlap, an employee of Marshall Health, and Michael J. McCarthy, the chief information officer of Marshall Health, also were named in Felesha Dickess’ complaint. Read more on The West Virginia Record.
Ca: Fifth prosecution under Health Information Act
It never rains, but it pours? Now there’s a second press release from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has resulted in one charge being laid against an individual under the Health Information Act (HIA). The OIPC conducted an investigation following a report…
Tiger impersonator’s ex ‘stole medical records to fake pregnancy’
Rebecca Rosenberg reports: First, Minochy Delanois, 29, pulled her Tiger Woods-impersonator boyfriend through the rough — telling cops he’d harassed her and had even threatened to send nude pics of her to her bosses at NYU Langone Medical Center after she dumped him. But now, a little more than a year later, the charges against…
Ca: Charges laid under the Health Information Act (updated)
I just caught up with this April 16th press statement from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has resulted in 14 charges being laid against an individual under the Health Information Act (HIA). The OIPC conducted an investigation following a report from Alberta…
IN: St. Vincent Medical Group notifies patients after successful phishing attempt compromises PHI
St. Vincent Medical Group in Indiana, a member of Ascension Health, has provided a substitute notice following an e-mail phishing incident. According to their notice, a copy of which is posted on their web site, on December 3, 2014, they learned that an employee’s user name and password had been compromised as a result of e-mail phishing….