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Former Florida Hospital employee arrested for providing patient info used for chiropractor and attorney solicitations (updated)

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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OH: Wright-Patterson Medical Center notifies 3,800 of breach involving their info

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports second HIPAA breach in three months

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dissent

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which reported in June that a laptop stolen from a doctor’s home in April held data on 30,000 patients, has reported yet another breach. KTRK in Houston reports that an unencrypted flash drive containing protected health information was lost on an employee shuttle bus on July 13. In…

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Server stolen from Arizona physician results in notification of almost 5,000 patients

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dissent

Arizona physician Jeffrey Paul Edelstein M.D., notified HHS that a computer server stolen from a locked closet in his office on May 28th contained information on 4,800 patients. In a notification letter to affected patients dated July 24, Dr. Edelstein noted that preliminary investigation suggested the theft was committed by someone who had key access…

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Choices, Inc. hacked: clients' SSN and health info accessed (updated)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dissent

I previously noted that Choices, Inc. in Indiana reported a hacking incident on May 10 affecting 550 clients at their Adult & Child Care Center. I was unable to find any additional details on this incident at the time I posted the entry, but now it appears that at least two other Choices, Inc. facilities were…

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Kindred Healthcare reports theft of safes containing patient data backups

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dissent

Kindred Healthcare Inc. (Kindred Transitional Care And Rehablitation) reported a burglary of their Sellersburg, Indiana facility on June 1. The theft of patient data affected 1,504, according to their report to HHS. The burglary appears to the second burglary experienced by Kindred this year. A July 25 Notice on their web site explains: Sometime between…

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