Jennifer Dobner reports: A West Valley City-based medical clinic has alerted federal health officials of a possible data breach after a collection of about 2,600 medical appointment records slated for shredding went missing. The Granger Medical Clinic records had been printed from an electronic scheduling database and included the names of patients, the dates and…
Category: Health Data
U. of Mississippi Medical Center notifies patients seen between 2008 – 2013 of breach
Their notice, posted on their site: This notice is to inform University of Mississippi Medical Center patients of a recent breach of patient health and personal information. Federal and state laws require health-care institutions to notify patients potentially affected by such incidents. In this case, due to insufficient contact information for those who may be…
Medical Industry Under Attack By Chinese Hackers
If you’re not scared already, this might do it. Kelly Jackson Higgins reports: Multiple gangs of Chinese cyberespionage hackers are now targeting the healthcare and medical/life sciences industries. Most every industry is fair game for cyberespionage these days — so it’s no surprise that the healthcare and medical industry would come up on the list…
Massachusetts EMR firm reports breach
Here’s another case, not yet reported in the media, involving insider wrongdoing and electronic medical records: On Tuesday, Lawrence Melrose Medical Electronic Record, Inc. in Melrose, Massachusetts notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’ office that an employee of a medical practice improperly accessed the EMRs and patient registration information of patients at six medical practices…
South Miami Hospital patient reports tax refund fraud following insider breach
More on the South Miami Hospital insider breach: Myriam Masihy of NBC6 reports that Pictures taken in February and March of 2012 show Alci Bonannee and Chante Mozley, two convicted identity thieves, withdrawing cash from several banks in Broward County. The federal government says the money came from stolen tax refunds that belonged to people…
PA: Two Crozer Keystone Health System employees involved in tax refund fraud case
Cindy Scharr reports: A Chester County couple has been charged in a $257,710 tax fraud scam that involved the stolen identities of patients at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Chester Community Hospital. Rafael Henriquez Polanco, 30, and his wife, Yanira Lopez, 27, residents of Chester Springs, allegedly filed fraudulent tax returns seeking more than $1.7 million…