Dan Kelly and Ron Devlin report: Reading Hospital’s medical records system was breached recently by an employee who copied sensitive patient information and used it for training purposes, hospital officials confirmed Thursday. Medical test results, diagnoses, prescribed medications and other data legally classified as Protected Health Information on 12 patients was made public without the…
Category: Health Data
Mich. HIV contractor violated privacy policy, investigation finds
A government contractor in Michigan violated the state’s data security policies in its handling of thousands of pages of information relating to people living with HIV, a state investigation has found. The investigation concluded, however, that no state or federal laws were broken and that no individually identifiable private health information was disclosed to the…
Howard University Hospital employee charged with selling patient info
Jim McElhatton reports that Howard University Hospital has disclosed another data breach that appears to be unrelated to the theft of a contractor’s laptop reported in March. Charging documents filed in federal court in Washington this week say Laurie Napper, a technician in the surgery department, sold patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and Medicare…
IL: Hospital worker charged with stealing patients' identities
From WLS in Illinois: A Northwestern Memorial Hospital employee has been charged with stealing the identity of patients to pay off her personal bills. Shatina Golden, 35, of south suburban Matteson was charged Monday with one count each of aggravated identity theft and identity theft, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. Golden had…
TX: Ex-Hospital Employee Blamed in Security Breach
John Perera reports: A hospital in northwest Harris County is warning 741 patients that their personal health information was compromised by a former employee. Several patients at IntraCare North Hospital have reported false income tax returns were filed using their personal information, hospital spokesman John Redd said. That ex-employee was an intake coordinator at the…
Maine VA hospital launches investigation after patient records dumped unshredded into Dumpster
Stephen Betts reports: Patient records were dumped unshredded into a Dumpster last month at the Maine VA Medical Center but a spokesman said the documents never left the campus grounds and that no personal identifying information was disclosed. A bag containing a number of documents from the prosthetics section of the medical center was discovered…