Rachel Grunberger and Dena Feldman write: Earlier this month, the federal district court in Minnesota dismissed a lawsuit brought earlier this year by the Minnesota Attorney General (AG) against Accretive Health, Inc., a business associate of hospitals, after the parties reached a settlement. In the lawsuit, which we previously discussed here, the Minnesota AG alleged that the company…
Category: Health Data
Ca: Lawsuit filed against Central Health
The same attorney who has filed lawsuits against Western Health Authority and Eastern Health Authority over their recent privacy breaches has now sued Central Health Authority, too. CBC reports: Shawna Thompson says her ex-husband’s wife inappropriately accessed her medical records, including lab test results and other confidential information that had been held at Central Health….
Eastern Health privacy breach triggers lawsuit
CBC News reports that one lawyer has filed potential class action lawsuits against both Western Health Authority and Eastern Health Authority in the wake of privacy breaches involving improper employee access or snooping in patients’ records: St. John’s lawyer Bob Buckingham is leading class action lawsuits against two health authorities. (CBC) Eastern Health disclosed in…
More details on the Florida Hospital breach
As I was looking for more media coverage on the Florida Hospital breach discussed earlier today, I was surprised to come across a news report from October 2011 that I had missed. I wasn’t surprised that I had missed the news story, but I was surprised by what it claimed. WFTV, which has been all…
Former Florida Hospital employee arrested for providing patient info used for chiropractor and attorney solicitations (updated)
CORRECTION: This blog entry was edited to correct the headline, which originally said that the employee allegedly stole and sold 700,000 patients’ records. While the employee allegedly viewed 763,000 patients’ emergency room information, he allegedly only copied and sold the info of those seen in emergency rooms for motor vehicle accidents. Other material in this…
OH: Wright-Patterson Medical Center notifies 3,800 of breach involving their info
Barrie Barber reports: Wright-Patterson Medical Center has alerted 3,800 people of a possible personal data security breach when a notebook containing their names and Social Security numbers was temporarily misplaced after a blood drive, according to a base spokesman. The 88th Medical Group sent notification letters this month to the donors, said Wright-Patterson spokesman William…