Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…
Category: Paper
UAB study postcard discloses patient information
Haven’t seen a postcard health data breach in a while, but here we are. WBRC in Birmingham Alabama reports The UAB School of Nursing has informed 1,655 patients this week of an incident in which a study recruitment postcard sent to the patients inadvertently shared protected health information (PHI). According to a press release from…
In: KEM staffers make paper plates out of patient reports; notice issued
Read the following story seen on Business Standard and then tell me what word you would use to describe your reaction. The administration of King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, a civic-run facility, has issued show-cause notices to six staff members following the circulation of a video showing paper plates made from folders of patients’ reports….
Sensitive Toledo Police Department documents found in trash
Here’s a reminder that not all breaches are cyber breaches. We still read about entities that just toss files with sensitive information in the trash. Alexis Means recently reported on a police department that is allegedly a repeat offender that way: the Toledo Police Department in Ohio. Toledo Police have launched an investigation into who…
Data protection commissioners ‘want to look wider’ into patient file breach
Cianan Brennan reports: The Data Protection Commission has opened an investigation into the HSE after the personal files of patients were “compromised”. Questions have been raised about “unsuitable locations” in which that data was stored. A spokesperson for the commission said that the inquiry “concerns the storage and retention of personal data contained in paper records…
Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets
Justin Kase and Rachel Murphy report: Hundreds of children’s private records were littered along the streets of Cape Coral. Police picked up most of the documents after they were reported Friday. Read more at WINK News. From the transcript and the video of the news, it appears that these are likely student health records held…