Today’s update of HHS’s breach tool reveals three more breaches not previously reported on this blog: Sierra Plastic Surgery in Nevada was hacked or had a network compromise between August 19, 2011 and September 20, 2011, but are apparently just reporting it to HHS now – unless HHS mistyped the year of the incident twice….
Category: Health Data
TN: Blount Memorial Hospital notifies 27,000 of stolen laptop (updated)
The Maryville Daily Times reports: Blount Memorial Hospital has informed patients of the theft of a hospital laptop containing registration records of Blount Heart Consultants. The laptop was reported stolen from an employee’s home on Aug. 25 and has not yet been recovered. Read more on The Maryville Daily Times. There does not seem to…
Ca: Charges laid under the Health Information Act
From the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: Thirty-four charges have been laid against an individual under the Health Information Act, along with six additional charges under the Criminal Code. The charges have not yet been proven in Court. As a result of a self-reported breach to the Office of the Information…
Akron General fires employees for patient privacy violations in hospital shooting case
Cheryl Powell reports: Akron General Medical Center employees were fired recently for violating hospital and federal privacy rules involving the fatal shooting of a patient in the intensive-care unit. John H. Wise, 66, is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Barbara, at the hospital Aug. 4. She died the next day. Hospital spokesman Jim…
NZ: Personal info on children, beneficiaries and contractors of Ministry of Social Development found on kiosk computers
Radio New Zealand reports what appears to be a data leak that may have started two years ago: Information about children in the care of Child Youth Family, beneficiaries and contractors employed by the Ministry of Social Development has been freely accessible through public computer kiosks at Work Income offices. Freelance journalist and blogger Keith Ng…
Former University of Maryland Medical Center employee sentenced for role in ID theft scheme
Associated Press reports that Kenneth Elliott McDowell , a Baltimore resident formerly employed at University of Maryland Medical Center and Bon Secours Hospital has been sentenced to time served and 6 months home detention for his role in an ID theft/fraud scheme. McDowell reportedly took patient records home “to hide that he was not completing his work…