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.
Category: Health Data
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…
Iowa DHS discloses that backup tape with PHI of former patients at Mental Health Institute and state employees is missing
Rod Boshart reports: Iowa Department of Human Services officials issued an alert Wednesday to former patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence and hundreds of state employees there and at other state facilities concerning a possible breach of their confidential information. Officials say the information was stored on a backup computer tape that went…
Man who stole Baptist Health patient information sentenced to prison
Brian Bandell reports: A man who stole patient information from Baptist Health South Florida as part of a tax fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison. Miami resident Cristobal Raul Puig was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison. He previously pleaded guilty to possessing 15 or more Social Security numbers of other people. According…