John Gillie reports: Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System is notifying some 8,300 patients that their personal information — including in some cases medical records and Social Security numbers — may have been shared with computer scammers who accessed staff email accounts. Franciscan estimates more than 12,000 patients nationwide had files potentially breached. Franciscan’s total of 8,300…
Category: Health Data
Document Shredding Company Employee Eyed in ID Theft Ring
This story out of Texas is a good reminder of why you want to have a good Business Associates agreement in place with your documents storage or shredding vendor. It also reinforces my policy of standing there and watching while my documents are securely shredded by the truck operator. Of course, I don’t generate as…
FL: Another Defendant Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
There’s an update to a case first reported here earlier this year, and then updated here. As my investigation uncovered, the involved medical facility was Apex Laboratory, Inc., who, as of January 28, 2014, had not submitted any breach notification to HHS. Marquis Onigirin Moye, 24, of Pompano Beach, was sentenced for his participation in…
UK: Trust failed to ensure that all employees had mandatory training on information governance
In investigating two fax-related breaches involving two different employees, the Information Commissioner’s Office found that the Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust had a very low attendance rate for Information Governance training. Thus, although the trust had taken some steps to prevent breaches involving faxes being sent to the wrong fax number, and although a Confidentiality and…
PA: Patient information, cash stolen from Coordinated Health
Tim Darragh reports: Burglars broke into a Coordinated Health office in South Whitehall Township earlier this month, taking patient information and cash, according to police and company officials. The information included the last four digits of patients’ credit cards and Social Security numbers, as well as names, birth dates, phone numbers and some health information….
FL: Source Of Medical Patient Stolen Identities Pleads Guilty
The day after I pointed out how a USAO, Southern District of Florida press release failed to identify the medical practice from where patient data was stolen – and I named the facility – the same USAO office issued another press release today involving one of the other defendants in the conspiracy. And this time,…