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….
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UK: Consultants’ letters about 9 patients given to wrong patient
Elgan Hearn reports that the ICO is investigating a breach involving sensitive information of nine patients. An envelope containing the nine letters from a consultant for patients right across Shropshire were wrongly included in a letter sent to a patient in Newtown. The envelope was passed on to health campaigner Cllr Joy Jones, who brought the…
Central Jersey medical practice reports records breach
We now know the name of a medical practice that was impacted by the theft of patient records in September. The records had reportedly been sold at the time by the thief. Mike Deak reports: A medical practice with offices in East Brunswick and Franklin is notifying past patients that 13 boxes of medical records…
Medical records stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center
Susan Campbell reports: Medical records and other personal information for dozens of patients were stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center, Eyewitness News has learned. An individual broke into the registration area of the hospital on Sept. 13, 2017, and stole paperwork including the medical information of more than 60 patients, according to Otis Brown, vice…
UK: Confidential information ‘may’ have been in stolen hospital container
The Dudley News reports: Bosses have admitted that a waste container stolen from Russells Hall Hospital may have contained confidential information. The container, which held paper waste, was stolen from the back of the hospital at 6.45pm on October 5. Read more on Dudley News.
Patient information lost, found in bag on McGalliard
Keith Roysdon reports: A bag of patient information was lost for several days and recovered along McGalliard Road in Muncie, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital has announced. The bag contained billing paperwork for about 1,399 patients, according to the hospital, which is part of the IU Health network. The bag was lost around Sept. 23…