St. Joseph Health reports that it experienced a privacy breach on February 18 when an employee neglected to delete a tab in an Excel spread sheet that contained patients’ names before sending the data to an investment firm preparing a proposal for St. Joseph Health. SJH’s letter to those affected explains: St. Joseph Health provides central…
Category: Health Data
Class Claims Atlanta Doctor Disclosed HIV Status
Courtney Walters reports that a lawsuit has been filed against a doctor in Atlanta, George for disclosing 379 patients’ names and HIV status: Lead plaintiff John Doe sued Pride Medical Services, three doctor/owners, a pharmacist and another part-owner of the clinic, in Fulton County State Court. Read more about the case on Courthouse News. According…
FL: Two Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
An update to a case previously noted on this blog, and where I identified the unnamed medical provider in the USAO’s press releases on this case: Defendants Tiffany Shenae Cooper, 33, of Deerfield Beach, and Angela Dione Rosier, 41, of Coral Springs, were sentenced this week for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund…
Palo Verde Hospital warns patients of HIPAA violations
The Palo Verde Valley Times staff reports: Palo Verde Hospital administrators released a statement Wednesday which concerns possible HIPAA violations. Hospital administrators released the statement, in addition to, mailing letters to patients. Palo Verde Healthcare District (PVHD) recently became aware of a breach of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)…
Employees sue UPMC over security breach
Well, that was fast. And perhaps premature. Kris B. Mamula reports: Two UPMC McKeesport Hospital employees have sued their employer, claiming the hospital and corporate parent failed to protect the personal security information of its workers. Employees Barbara Dittman and Gary Douglas claimed their financial and W2 data were hacked by unknown fraudsters, who opened bank accounts in their names and…
Oregon man reveals Wisconsin patient privacy breach (update2)
How many times have we seen cases where faxes with patient info are sent to the wrong number, and not once, but repeatedly – despite a recipient’s efforts to alert the sender and get them to correct their records? Sometimes going to the patients affected and the media will get faster results. In my own…