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West Virginia Supreme Court affirms HIPAA does not pre-empt state law tort claims for privacy violations

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dissent

I seem to have missed a lawsuit that may be of interest to readers.  Back in September, Bordas & Bordas, PLLC  wrote: … What if our private information is released without our permission? What if it falls into the hands of someone who can actually cause us harm? These aren’t abstract or hypothetical questions. The danger…

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Ca: Medical files of local media personalities breached

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dissent

This is long past the point where this type of curious employee goes snooping has become a well-known risk. One can argue that at least VCH detected it fairly quickly and took action fairly quickly, but how about prevention?  CTV reports: A female Vancouver Coastal Health employee has been fired after accessing the confidential electronic…

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Privacy breach at Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dissent

Kiri Gillespie reports that the Bay of Plenty District Health Board has fired an employee for snooping in 48 patients’ files and then casually discussing the cases with co-workers. Read more in the New Zealand Herald. In related coverage, Phillipa Yalden reports that the employee is a 66-year-old woman who was employed at Tauranga Hospital…

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Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dissent

The Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by ID Experts® was released today.  Their findings are what we would expect, i.e., fairly discouraging, with entities reporting even more multiple breaches than previously. From their executive summary: …  healthcare organizations face an uphill battle in their efforts to…

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HITRUST's Analysis of U.S. Breach Data Finds Little Progress and Concern for Un-reported Breaches

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Dissent

The following is a press release from HITRUST, released today: -According to the Health Information Trust Alliance’s (HITRUST) analysis of U.S. healthcare data breaches from 2009 to the present, the healthcare industry has made little progress in reducing the number of breaches with troubling statistics seen from the same types of organizations, breaches and locations….

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Co-conspirator in ID theft and fraud scheme convicted

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Dissent

Back on July 23, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced: Ashley C. Drummond, 27, of Belleville, Illinois, and Susan L. Harris, 27, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, were indicted on July 19, 2012, by a Grand Jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East…

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