Tawana Roberts reports: The obstetrics department at Lake Health’s TriPoint Medical Center recently suffered a breach of about 750 OB patients’ protected health information. According to a Lake Health news release, no Social Security numbers or patient financial information was compromised. In June a log book maintained with limited but protected patient health information for…
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Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…
FL: Notice from Baptist Medical Center South to EEG Patients Regarding a Missing Hard Drive
Baptist Medical Center South (“Baptist South”) is committed to protecting the security and con dentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On May 18, 2017, Baptist South learned that a backup hard drive used for EEG testing was missing from an EEG room. We immediately began…
Former Durango Family Medicine patients warned of security breach
Jonathan Romeo reports: Former patients of Durango Family Medicine were alerted last week of a breach of private health information, which could include such things as medical conditions and social histories. On June 6, Terry Cipoletti, an attorney with Caplan & Earnest LLC, sent out a letter about the security breach, saying Durango Family Medicine…
Mallard Creek High School students’ records found blowing across streets
WSOC-TV reports that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ officials were notified after residents found documents with Mallard Creek High School students’ names, addresses and other personal information blowing in the wind. The district acknowledges the information should have been shredded. Officials said a contractor hauling away the trash didn’t properly secure it, which caused some documents to spill…
Health, personal records of 2,500 Arizona families with newborns lost
Ken Alltucker reports: State health officials have warned 2,500 individuals and families with newborns that a box containing sensitive health, financial and personal information has been lost in the mail. The Arizona Department of Health Services said its newborn-screening program gathered the information for billing purposes. The misplaced records may include health information for children tested in…