Winston J. Maxwell writes: An article published by specialist healthcare news website Actusoins has revealed data breaches at several French hospitals and clinics, demonstrating that such incidents can occur even in a highly regulated jurisdiction. The journalist was researching another article and entered the name of a physician into Google. She was astonished to find, at…
Category: Health Data
Medical assistant stole patient information for insurance fraud scheme – investigators
Another insider breach at a Florida medical practice for a fraud scheme; this time it’s insurance fraud. WFTV reports that Selina Rodriguez, a medical assistant formerly employed at Mid-Florida Urological Associates, illegally accessed patient records from Orlando Health, which operates hospitals in the Orlando area, including Orlando Regional Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Winnie…
Dutch MP who hacked into medical file system to make point about security fined by court
Loek Essers reports: Dutch Member of Parliament (MP) Henk Krol was fined ¬750 (US$1,000) by the district court of Oost-Brabant on Friday for breaking and entering the system of the Dutch medical laboratory Diagnostics for You. Krol said he entered the system as an ethical hacker to show that it was easy to access and…
Johns Hopkins responds to serious patient privacy breach (update 2)
Justin Fenton, Scott Dance and Jessica Anderson report on a nightmarish privacy breach for patients and a hospital: A Johns Hopkins gynecologist who was being investigated on allegations that he secretly recorded patients was found dead this morning at his home in Baltimore County, police and hospital officials confirmed. The doctor, identified as Nikita A….
Sierra View District Hospital computers possibly compromised
Esther Avila reports: A possible security breach within Sierra View District Hospital’s network system was identified late Wednesday after the hospital’s Information Technology Department observed unusual activity on the network. “At this time we have no indication that patient information has been compromised,” said Ramona Contreras, hospital spokesperson, on Friday. “However, the hospital is working…
Heyman HospiceCare notifies patients after laptop stolen from employee's car
The Rome News-Tribune in Georgia reports: Heyman HospiceCare is offering patients who may have had their personal information on a stolen and still-missing laptop a free one-year membership to a credit monitoring service, according to a news release from Floyd Medical Center. According to the news release: A password-protected laptop was stolen Jan. 4 from…