Cottage Health System has learned that a recent security incident may have resulted in the disclosure of protected health information for certain patients treated at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital between Sept. 29, 2009, and Dec. 2, 2013. On Dec. 2, Cottage discovered that a third-party…
Category: Health Data
UK: Islington Town Hall data breach victims set to receive compensation payouts of up to £5k
Andrew Johnson reports: The [Islington] Town Hall has agreed to pay compensation totalling £43,000 to 14 residents whose personal details, including mental health problems and sexual orientation, were leaked in two disastrous data breaches last year. A full written apology will also be sent to the claimants, who have been awarded between £1,000 and £5,000…
Orthopedic surgeon's laptop stolen in home burglary; 8,900 patients notified of data theft
San Jose-based orthopedic surgeon Stephen T. Imrie, M.D. is notifying 8,900 patients that a password-protected laptop stolen from his home on September 23 held their protected health information. Although the burglary was immediately reported to the police, the laptop has not been recovered. Patient information on the laptop included the patients’ names, dates of birth, telephone…
Kaiser Permanente reports privacy breach to 49,000 patients
Chad Terhune reports: Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has notified about 49,000 patients of a privacy breach at its Anaheim Medical Center. Kaiser said a computer flash drive was reported missing Sept. 25 inside the hospital’s nuclear medicine department. The storage drive included patient names, date of birth, their medical record number and the type and…
IL: Laptop Containing Patient Information Stolen From SIU (updated)
WICS reports: A laptop containing personal information of 1,891 SIU [Southern Illinois University] HealthCare patients is presumed stolen. The computer, which belonged to a former SIU orthopedic surgeon, was discovered missing from a locked office on October 15. SIU HealthCare said today that certain personal and medical information of 1,891 patients was contained on the laptop….
TX: Laptop with Houston Methodist Hospital patient info stolen
Mike Glenn reports: Sensitive information for about 1,300 transplant patients is missing after a laptop and files were reported stolen, officials with Houston Methodist Hospital said Friday. The encrypted laptop and files were taken Thursday. They held personal information, including names, Social Security numbers and birth dates. Read more on The Houson Chronicle. KHOU also covers the incident.There is…