From SAY San Diego, this press release: SAY San Diego (aka Social Advocates for Youth, San Diego) became aware of an incident impacting the security of data relating to certain participants in its Dual Diagnosis youth program, from 2013, and is taking action. Although there is no indication of actual or attempted misuse of participant…
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MidMichigan notifies patients of potential breach
The Alpena News reports: MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena notified approximately 1,900 patients last week about a potential breach of personal data, according to a press release. The information may have included patient names, addresses, social-security numbers and clinical data. The incident that gave rise to the medical center’s investigation occurred during the late evening hours of…
Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois and Specialty Physicians of Illinois notify patients of payment records lost or stolen from storage facility
Their press release: December 12 – Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois (FPN Illinois) and Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC (formerly known as Wellgroup Health Partners, LLC, “SPI”) are notifying patients of a privacy breach. On November 21, 2017, it was confirmed that a limited number of boxes that contained 22,000 patient payment records could not be located…
Compromised payroll documents contained personal info of current, former Humboldt County staff, dependents
Will Houston reports: Sensitive personal information — including social security numbers and bank account information — for several former and current Humboldt County employees, including some of their dependents, were found in boxes of missing county records that suspiciously turned up in Trinity County, according to a recently completed county review. When asked by the…
Patients at UAB Medicine clinic affected by possible data breach
Erin Edgemon reports: Patients of the UAB Viral Hepatitis Clinic may have had their protected health information exposed during a Oct. 25 data breach, UAB Medicine released late Thursday morning. The 652 patients affected were notified of the incident by letter, the university hospital said. Read more on AL.com.
Tens of thousands of medical records including treatment plans and cancer diagnoses were lost in the post
Jason Beattie reports a concerning follow-up to the NHS Shared Business Services breach reported previously. Health chiefs are today slammed by MPs for their “staggering” failure to reassure patients after tens of thousands of clinical records were lost in the post. MPs say patients have been “badly failed,” with many still being kept in the…