Category: Health Data

I recently noted a privacy breach at Northern Inyo Hospital in California. It was one of those “small breaches” (i.e., less than 500 affected) that don’t get reported on HHS’s  public-facing breach tool, but it really created distress for its victim. In discussing the breach, I noted my surprise at a statement  the patient made…

Friday, November 8, 2013 Raleigh, N.C. – In 2009, pursuant to Executive Order No. 4, Governor Beverly Perdue directed the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to build and maintain NC OpenBook in order to create a searchable website on State spending for grants and contracts. The Perdue Administration then began posting information in NC…

There goes my weekend. HHS just added 29 breach reports to its breach tool. I’ll try to have some information on their report over the weekend.

Jodi Schellenberg reports: Another reporting error has been made — but this one isn’t the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region’s fault. The eHealth Saskatchewan, the Treasury Board Crown Corporation responsible for the implementation of the provincial electronic health record, mistakenly faxed 18 results in the province to a private residence. Out of those results, one…

Adam Greenberg reports that DaVita is notifying approximately 11,500 dialysis patients of a breach that occurred when a laptop with unencrypted PHI was stolen from an employee’s car. The notice on DaVita’s site, dated Nov. 5 and linked from its home page, reads: DaVita®, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., reported today that on…

You’d think it shouldn’t be difficult to get your account deleted from HealthCare.gov, but, apparently, it was for the attorney whose data were exposed to someone else.