Is it just my perception or are reports of insider breaches increasing? Jay Weaver reports: An employee of Mount Sinai Hospital has been arrested on identity-theft charges accusing her of stealing hundreds of patients’ Social Security numbers and other personal information, federal authorities said Thursday. Keiondra Sheri Williams, 29, of Miami Gardens, had worked as…
Category: Health Data
Ca: Durham Region Health class action lawsuit puts price on personal information
Emily Jackson reports: A proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit against Durham Region Health puts a $5.99 price tag on the patient data doctors are privy to. The lawsuit was filed against Durham Region after a nurse lost a USB key laden with the unencrypted personal information of 83,524 people in December 2009. According…
Ca: Veteran's privacy not violated, internal review found
An independent investigator who reviewed privacy violations at Veterans Affairs Canada told the Harper government in late 2010 it was appropriate to include the personal medical information of an outspoken advocate in briefing material, say internal federal documents. The central finding of the Amprax Inc. review flies in the face of the country’s privacy watchdog,…
GA: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital notifying home health patients their data may have been stolen for tax fraud
Fox31 in Georgia reports: In a press release issued by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, they are alerting the public that patient information could be compromised. The release states that on April 9th, Phoebe Putney learned from law enforcement that a now former employee improperly accessed patient information with the intent to process fraudulent tax returns….
GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US
This report by Steve McCaskill first appeared in April, but I just came across it now: Personal details of 600,000 patients were sent to the US following a mistake made by the NHS’s IT provider, GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare admitted to TechWeekEurope that the error had occurred after it had obtained more patient data than…
South Shore Hospital to Pay $750,000 to Settle Data Breach Allegations
It started with an announcement in July 2010 that computer backup tapes with data on 800,000 were missing. It proceeded to confusion as to what business associates or vendors were involved and the sequence of events. But things started getting really ugly over a dispute between South Shore Hospital and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office,…