The recent update to the HHS breach tool made me aware of a breach involving Georgetown University Hospital that affected over 1,500 patients. The following statement was issued by Georgetown University Hospital, who kindly provided this site with a copy of the notification: A USB thumb drive storing patient information was recently determined to be…
Category: Health Data
SC: GHS employee charged with stealing identity information
Casey Vaughn reports: Deputies said a Taylors woman is accused of identity thefts while working at Greenville Hospital System, using hospital records for her financial gain. Greenville County deputies said 32-year-old Danell Adams was charged with two counts of financial identity fraud after deputies said she used the victims’ personal information to lease an apartment…
‘Indian call centres accused of selling Britons’ personal data for as little as two pence’
Deja vu all over again: Indian call centres are selling Britons’ confidential personal data, including credit card information, medical and financial records to criminals and marketing firms for as little as two pence, an undercover investigation has discovered. Two ‘consultants’, claiming to be IT workers at several call centres boasted of possesing 45 different sets…
Does the HHS Office for Civil Rights Need a Priority Check?
Joseph Goedert asks some great questions and raises some excellent points about HHS OCR’s handling of the BCBS of Tennessee breach. Do read his commentary.
Man pleads guilty to fraud after stealing thousands of X-rays
Speaking of stolen x-rays, here’s another case in the news this week. Andrew Seymour reports from Canada: A Toronto man stopped by police in a U-Haul truck filled with nearly 54,000 stolen X-rays was after the silver in the medical imaging scans, and not the personal information printed on them, a prosecutor told a judge…
AL: 1,000 X-rays stolen from Huntsville Hospital by vendor impersonator
Stealing old x-rays for the silver is still a problem. Keith Clines reports that in this case, the x-rays contained only the patient’s name, date of birth and medical record number for somewhere between 125 and 175 patients.