An inquiry has been launched after confidential files containing personal information about care home patients were found discarded in an alley. Greenbanks Homecare, which describes itself as “the people who care”, recently moved out of its office in Gabalfa, Cardiff. But documents containing names, addresses and details of vulnerable and elderly people’s individual care were…
Category: Health Data
KY: Vets' Info Breached At VA Hospital
Personal information of almost 1,200 veterans was discovered unattended last month at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. Officials said information containing the names, Social Security numbers and discharge dates of approximately 1,182 veterans was found, unattended, in the lobby entrance of the facility. Read more on WLKY
An expensive headache over a miscommunication?
An intriguing entry on HHS’s breach tool this week sent me off digging to see what I could find: PBH,NC,,”50,000″,11/15/2011,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,”Network Server, Email”,2/24/2012, It turns out that first there was this breach notice posted on November 16, 2011: PBH wishes to inform our consumers that on or about November 15, 2011, the AC LME was denied…
Hospital reality show breaks patient confidentiality, say experts
From the what-were-they-thinking dept.: The VU university’s teaching hospital has been accused of breaking patient confidentiality by allowing a television production company to record patients being treated at its accident and emergency department. Medical law professor Johan Legemaate and medical ethics expert Erwin Kompanje told television show Nieuwsuur on Wednesday night the hospital had broken…
LA: Ochsner reports hard drive, patient records missing
Ochsner is reporting yet another breach involving patient data: Staff at Ochsner Medical Center say an external hard drive containing patients’ personal and medical information is missing from the West Bank campus. The hard drive is designed to work with a bone density machine at the campus, and it was discovered missing Sunday. “After an…
NYC: Confidential patient records found in the open
Sandra E. García reports: As some members of the ARC XVI Fort Washington Heights Senior Center made their way to the center this past Thurs., Feb. 9th for breakfast, they walked past a patch of sidewalk covered in white. But the previous night’s snowfall was not the culprit. Instead, confidential patient records from the Doshi…