Associated Press reports that an arrest warrant has been for a transient who police say stole two laptop computers from AHMC that contained SSN and personal information of 729,000 patients. Update: Christopher Lee Brown has been arrested.
Category: Health Data
AvMed To Pay $3M To Settle Data Theft Suit With Customers
Law360.com reports that AvMed will pay $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed after the 2009 theft of laptops with information on 1.2 million people. Previous coverage of the AvMed breach on this blog linked from here. As I commented recently, this breach appears to be a still-open investigation on HHS’s breach tool,…
NZ: Surrogate mother disgusted by hospital staff snooping in her records and not getting fired
A few days ago, I noted a privacy breach that left the victim considering moving out of the area. Here’s yet another insider privacy breach involving a hospital where the affected patient is considering moving. Michelle Duff reports: Hutt Hospital receptionists nosed through the medical notes of a surrogate mother 20 times but were allowed…
MO: Employee Abuses Access to Boone Hospital Patient Information
Nick Thompson reports: KOMU 8 News obtained a letter from a Boone Hospital patient Monday in which the privacy director admitted an employee affiliated with the hospital abused their access to a network containing patient information. Privacy director Kathleen Pitzer wrote several patients last week, saying she became aware of an information breach on Sept….
Seton Healthcare Family notifies 5,500 patients of breach involving stolen laptop (CORRECTED)
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on a stolen laptop breach involving Seton Healthcare Family in Texas, but it appears they’ve had another one. Here is the notice posted on their web site today: Seton Healthcare Family is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an…
TX: Two Grand Prairie Men Convicted of Health Care Fraud
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas released the following statement this past week: A federal jury has convicted two local men on conspiracy and health care fraud charges related to their operation of a physician house call company in North Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of…