Paula McMahon reports on yet another case of insider data theft involving patients in Florida: Curtis Fullwood’s job was to help patients with mental health problems find work they could do in the South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines, but instead, authorities say, he stole their identities. Fullwood, 57, and his cousin, Terri Davis, 45, have pleaded…
Category: Health Data
FL: Pill mill database leaked patient info – ACLU
Associated Press reports: A statewide database aimed at cracking down on the state’s pill mills leaked thousands of patients’ personal information, even though some of the details were not part of any criminal investigation, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday. Personal details, including dosage amounts, birthdates, addresses and other information was given to Volusia…
More on the Independence Care System laptop theft
As noted previously, Independence Care System in New York notified 2,434 patients after a laptop containing their PHI was stolen on May 7. ICS kindly provided PHIprivacy.net with a copy of their substitute notice of May 31st: New York City Managed Long-Term Care Plan announces theft of laptop containing member information. On May 7, 2013, Independence Care…
Emmorton Associates notifies patients after locked file cabinet with counseling records broken into
Here’s one that you won’t see on HHS’s breach tool because it affected fewer than 500 patients: Emmorton Associates (Emmorton Psych/Emmorton Treatment Services) in Abingdon, Maryland discovered that a counselor’s locked office file cabinet had been broken into sometime between December 10 and December 21. The files on 75 patients included their full names, date…
Calvert Internal Medicine notifies employees of possible compromise of their SSN, payroll info
On March 19, Calvert Internal Medicine in Maryland notified current and former employees of a computer compromise that may have exposed their Social Security numbers to misuse. A copy of their notification was sent to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. From reading their description of the breach, it seems that ADP failed to restore a…
Inland Valleys IPA members notified by SynerMed of breach involving their PHI
IT solutions provider SynerMed has been notifying patients whose PHI was on a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The PHI in question was from members of Inland Valleys IPA. According to their notification letter, the laptop was stolen on the night of April 14 or morning of April 15, while the car was parked…