Mariam Ibrahim reports: Health Minister Fred Horne said Tuesday he is in the process of considering amendments to provincial legislation in the wake of Alberta’s largest privacy breach, that saw the health information of 620,000 Medicentres patients lost. […] “I am in the process now of considering amendments to the Health Information Act. I’ve always…
Category: Health Data
FTC Approves Final Consent Settling Charges that Accretive Health Failed to Adequately Protect Consumers’ Personal Information
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that a company providing medical billing and revenue management services to hospitals in multiple states unfairly exposed sensitive consumer information to the risk of theft or misuse because of its inadequate data security measures. The FTC alleged that the Chicago-based company violated…
Health magazine containing Social Security numbers on address labels mailed to 50,000 Medicare recipients
Cecilia Chan reports: The latest edition of Banner Health’s “Smart & Healthy Magazine” arrived to mailboxes over the weekend containing Social Security numbers of recipients on the address labels. “We try so hard to protect our Social Security number and then to have it publicized, it’s very disturbing,” Sun City West resident Janet Carlson said…
Brooklyn Hospital Center notifies patients of stolen USB with medical information
Brooklyn Hospital Center, a member hospital of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, posted this notice on their website, linked from their home page: Notice of Disclosure of Patient Information On December 2, 2013, a backpack belonging to a medical resident was stolen while the doctor was on The Brooklyn Hospital Center property. The backpack contained a USB…
PA: Supportive Concepts for Families notifies clients after personal information was exposed on Google for 10 months
Supportive Concepts for Families, Inc. in Reading, PA offers services for clients with mental health/intellectual developmental disabilities. A hardware upgrade in February 2013 left consumer information in an internal database exposed in Google with no login credentials required. They have posted a notice dated February 13, 2014 on their site, although it is not linked…
Memphis VA breach due to armed robbery
Well, I finally got more information on this breach involving the Memphis VA Medical Center. The Department of Veterans Affairs sent me their report on the incident, which occurred on December 1, when a Resident was the victim of an armed robbery in the VA Medical Center west parking lot. In the Resident’s possession at the…