Bryan Bender has a piece in The Boston Globe about the TRICARE/SAIC breach last December. The story doesn’t shed any new light on the breach, and I am still waiting for Rep. Ed Markey to release the response he got from TRICARE to a letter he had sent them (his staff assures me he will…
Category: Health Data
Prime hospital cited for patient confidentiality violation
Lance Williams reports on a case previously covered on this blog: A Prime Healthcare Services hospital in Redding broke state law when it publicized a patient’s confidential medical files in an effort to discredit a California Watch news report, state regulators say. The state Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued five “deficiencies” against Shasta…
Seven PRHC jobs lost over privacy breaches
Elizabeth Bower reports: Seven people have lost their jobs at the Peterborough hospital since the start of the year for accessing patient records when they were not entitled to do so, an official says. Jane Parr, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) vice president and chief human resources officer, says 280 patients have had their privacy…
Accretive moves to dismiss AG's law suit
John O’Brien recaps the Accretive Health news reported on this blog last week (here, here, and here): A New York City law firm has followed up on Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson’s lawsuit against Accretive Health, filing a securities class action suit against the company. In January, Swanson filed a suit against Accretive, a Chicago…
UK: ICO issues first penalty to the NHS following serious data breach
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A Welsh health board has become the first NHS organisation to be served a monetary penalty following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The Aneurin Bevan Health Board (ABHB) has been issued with a penalty of £70,000 after a sensitive report…
Senator Franken questions Accretive about allegations raised by Minnesota's Attorney General
As mentioned in a previous blog post, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Accretive Health concerning the allegations in a report by the state’s Attorney General Lori Swanson. Sen. Franken has reason to be concerned. Not only is Minnesota his home state, but he is the Chairman of the Senate Privacy, Technology,…