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…
Category: Health Data
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…
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports second HIPAA breach in three months
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…
Server stolen from Arizona physician results in notification of almost 5,000 patients
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…