Hope Hospice officials say they recently discovered a possible information security breach after a routine check found that an employee had e-mailed a report of recent referral and admission activity to themselves through an unsecured channel. Information in the e-mail, which was sent in December and again in February, included names of over 800 Hope…
Category: Health Data
U.K. school in fresh security breach
Lucy Kenderdine reports: Police are probing a serious information breach at an Oldham school following the internet posting of confidential student details. More than 110 documents, including exclusion records, academic information and behaviour patterns at Hathershaw College from 2007 to 2009 were made available for anyone to download. Photos of pupils at the Bellfield Avenue…
Report: Utah’s health data breach cost a costly mistake
Kirsten Stewart reports: Utah’s 2012 health data breach — a security slip that exposed the personal information of three-quarters of a million residents to hackers — was a costly mistake. The state has spent about $9 million on security audits, upgrades and credit monitoring for victims — and that’s just the beginning. An estimated 122,000…
Laptop with Orthopedic Physician Associates' patient data stolen from car
Seen on NWSource, this substitute notice: NOTICE OF SECURITY BREACH ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES On April, 1, 2013, a laptop and ten patient files were stolen during a car break-in. The patient files were subsequently recovered. However, information regarding some patients of Orthopedic Physician Associates, a division of Proliance Surgeons, may have been compromised by this…
Life Flight informs patients of possible confidential information breach
Wendy Leonard reports: Patients flown by Life Flight helicopters during at least three months of 2004 were advised Friday that their personal information may have been compromised. The information, collected from patients in April, May and June of that year, was inadvertently put on an employee website where it may have been accessed by individuals…
NY: Upstate University Hospital notified 283 patients after portable device with PHI stolen
Seen on YNN: A portable electronic device containing personal medical information has been stolen from Upstate University Hospital. The hospital notified 283 patients that their information may be compromised. Information on the device may have included patients’ names, date of birth, hospital medical record number, and diagnosis. The device does not include patients’ Social Security…