Kayla Webster reports: A Sutter Health spokesman confirmed that some health system employees were fired for accessing medical information without permission, after a television station reported that two employees were let go after searching the medical records of Joseph DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer. Sutter spokesman Gary Zavoral declined to state how many employees…
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CA: Long Beach Veterans Affairs Clerk Arrested On Suspicion Of Identity Theft
The identities and personal information of more than 1,000 Veterans Affairs patients were discovered during a traffic stop at the VA campus in Long Beach and a VA clerk was arrested on suspicion of identity theft, authorities said today. […] A second search of the vehicle yielded private information for 1,028 VA patients, including names,…
Detroit medical assistant charged with stealing patient information at Pontiac doctor’s office
Derick Hutchinson reports on a case of alleged insider-wrongdoing: A medical assistant at a doctor’s office in Pontiac has been charged with stealing personal identifying information from patients and defrauding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said. Aline Harris, 34, of Detroit, is charged with wire fraud, wrongful disclosure of health information and identity theft….
New York State suspends ex-URMC nurse who shared patient info with her new employer
Patti Singer reports: A nurse practitioner who three years ago took a list of patients when she left employment at the University of Rochester Medical Center and brought the names to her new employer has been suspended from practice, according to the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions. Martha C. Smith-Lightfoot was…
Hair Free Forever notifies clients/patients that a former employee is misusing their information to recruit patients for another practice
Hair Free Forever (HFF) appears to have suffered an insider-wrongdoing breach involving a now-former employee using patient information to solicit patients for another business. HFF’s notification letter suggests they are covered by HIPAA. The number of patients affected by the breach is not disclosed in the template notification letter submitted to the state attorney general’s office,…
UK: Data breach at medical practice: Shock and disgust as 150 patients affected
Stuart Anderson reports: Patients are outraged after learning a staff member at a doctors’ practice had been inappropriately accessing their medical records. Holt Medical Practice has dismissed the employee and written to the roughly 150 patients affected to let them know about the breach and apologise. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is now investigating after…