Lois Henry reports: Responding to allegations that a doctor had taken confidential patient records out of the Bakersfield Veterans Administration clinic, the VA announced Thursday that three separate investigations over the course of seven months showed that no such patient information had been “released into the community or abused in any way.” “We are confident…
Category: Health Data
Four women indicted for stealing $750K in merchandise using patients’ information two of them allegedly stole while employed at medical practices
Associated Press reports: Four women have been indicted on charges of stealing more than $750,000 in merchandise using personal information obtained from patients in medical offices where two women worked. A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned the indictment on Thursday. The indictment alleges that 27-year-old Michelle Jernell Cole of Baltimore, and her sister, 30-year-old…
Ca: Laptop theft from McKesson Automation employee's car puts Parkwood Hospital patient data at risk
CTV reports: The personal information of more than 2,000 patients at Parkwood Hospital could be in the wrong hands after a laptop was stolen. […] Ruth Bullas is the privacy and risk officer at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, which operates Parkwood. She says the problem lies with McKesson Automation, the company in charge of the…
How a HIPAA BA responds to a patient data breach
Because some of us were confused as to whether the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County was actually covered by HIPAA, the good folks over at HealthITSecurity.com followed up. Read Patrick Ouellette’s coverage here.
North Country Hospital struggles to retrieve laptop that may contain PHI from former employee (UPDATED)
North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont posted this notice on their web site: North Country Hospital is alerting its patients to the discovery of a recent privacy breach that may involve your personal information. On September 18, 2013, we received notice that a former employee of the Hospital claimed to be in possession of a…
University of California wins appeal in data breach lawsuit; plaintiff couldn't prove data were viewed or accessed
An update on a lawsuit that followed this breach involving a stolen hard drive with encrypted PHI on over 16,000 UCLA patients. Law360.com reports: A California appeals court on Tuesday found that the University of California’s Board of Regents couldn’t be held liable for disclosure when they lost a hard drive with a woman’s medical…