From the Lincoln Journal Star: They emptied vacuum cleaner bags. Scoured the office. Nothing. Somehow, somewhere, sometime in May, a computer chip containing medical records for more than 2,000 of a Lincoln doctor’s patients went missing — likely having slipped from the thumb drive Dr. James Fosnaugh wore on a lanyard around his neck. Fosnaugh’s office,…
Category: Health Data
Medical records breach at Tampa General, USF exposes woman's secret
Letitia Stein reports: Jennifer Jones didn’t want her entire family to know about the baby girl she delivered five years ago at Tampa General Hospital and placed for adoption. But a relative whose job as a nurse gave her access to the hospital’s medical records went snooping and found out anyway. The breach came to…
Before-and-after pictures uploaded to web site leads to lawsuit by plastic surgery patient
I’ve occasionally posted stories involving complaints against plastic surgeons who used patients’ before and after photos, allegedly without their consent (cf here, here, here, and here). Now there’s a similar lawsuit in New York, where Catherine Manzione has sued Dr. Grigoriy Mashkevich. TechDirt has the story and complaint.
Ca: Breach of privacy at St. Joseph's Hospital
David Willberg reports: An employee at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan has been fired following a privacy breach at the hospital. A regular audit of the pharmaceutical information program determined that the employee improperly accessed the records of seven individuals. The information program is a record of prescription medications that have been filled at community…
State gives update on patient records found in abandoned buildings in Knoxville, Nashville
John Henry of WBIR provides a follow-up on a breach previously noted on this blog where patient records were found in an abandoned building at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute. A freedom of information request filed by the news outlet produced some interesting information, apart from documenting that the state moved promptly to address the breach…
B.C. Health Ministry told to strengthen privacy practices
Canadian Press reports: The illegal release of personal information about nearly five million British Columbians by Health Ministry staff was a massive breach, says the province’s privacy commissioner, who has released 11 recommendations to protect the public. Elizabeth Denham conducted an investigation after government employees downloaded large amounts of personal health data onto unencrypted flash…