Canadian Press reports: An employee of Ste-Justine hospital was fired after she consulted “without justification” the medical files of 344 patients, some of them employees, the hospital announced on Friday. The hospital said it had also filed a complaint with police against the ex-employee, who worked in one of its clinics. Read more on Montreal…
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GA: DeKalb officers accused of selling accident reports resign after arrests
Shaddi Abusaid reports: Two DeKalb County police officers arrested last month after allegedly selling thousands of accident reports have resigned in lieu of termination, the department said. Nikko McClinton and Ronald Anderson, both nine-year veterans of the department, were arrested Jan. 30 after authorities learned they were selling DeKalb’s crash reports to third parties, agency…
NY: Insider wrongdoing breach results in more than 200 felony counts against former ACM Global Laboratory employee
Speaking of privacy breaches that might lead to patient lawsuits, read this report by Charles Molineaux, which begins: A former health care worker with ACM Global Laboratory faces hundreds of felony charges, accused of illegally rifling through confidential medical records, for more than two years, in what her alleged target said was a hunt for…
Former Fifth Third employees stole customer info, gave to outside group
John London reports: Authorities are investigating a data breach at Fifth Third Bank and it appears to be an inside job. According to Fifth Third, “a small number of employees” stole personal data from the bank. Read more on WLWT.
Patient Lawsuits for HIPAA-Related Breaches
Tammy Worth reports on HIPAA-related privacy breaches and one lawyer’s experience representing plaintiffs. There are some interesting points and examples in the articles as to what awards or settlements have been. As examples: A woman in St. Louis, Missouri, whose mental health records were released to her ex-husband during custody suit settled a case for…
CA: Woman claims doctor mishandled patient records
Tori Cooper reports: Thousands of confidential patient records made it into 23ABC Newsroom Friday. Haylee Jones, stopped by with a box full of patient records, detailing highly privileged personal information belonging to thousands of patients in Kern County along with prescriptions and more. Kern Medical confirmed with us that Rishi Telwar was in the residency…