The press release below from Mercy Health/Love County Hospital is described as a supplement to an incident that they – and we – first reported in July. In September, the entity notified HHS that they had notified 13,004 patients, a notification that they reference below as a precautionary measure. I’m not sure why they needed…
Category: Paper
Sensitive medical records dumped in public Allentown recycling bin
Paul Muschick and Emily Opilo report on one of those data protection fails that sometimes happen when a practice closes. And once again, we find no one stepping up to admit responsibility for the improper disposal of patient records with personally identifiable information and sensitive protected health information. In this case, the records appear to…
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…
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…
In: Important documents of Social Welfare Department found lying on street
The Sentinel reports: Tezpur, Nov 27: There has been strong reaction over the recent act of absolute negligence on the part of a Supervisor of the Social Welfare Department in Tezpur in Sonitpur district after 300 important documents related to physically-abled persons were found scattered on the road by an auto-rickshaw driver. According to sources,…
Confidential files containing graphic descriptions of alleged rapes and victims’ details were found in a bin
Beth Abbit reports: Rape complainants’ confidential details were exposed by a cache of lawyers’ files dumped in a bin and found by a passer-by. Graphic accounts of alleged attacks – and the names of alleged victims and the accused – were among a stash of papers left in a dumpster by a canal in Ancoats….