This is not the first time we’ve seen a cleaning crew accidentally improperly dispose of patient records, but I do like Allina Health’s response to this incident to prevent recurrences. February 23 – This announcement is regarding a privacy incident that occurred at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, located at 800 E 28thSt., Minneapolis,…
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It was a good day for dumpster divers…
Steve Barrett reports from Florida: An Orlando man searching for scrap metal Tuesday night reported finding thousands of financial documents ripe with people’s personal information tossed in a dumpster. For identity thieves, the documents would have been a gold mine of information. “(They contained) emails, phone numbers, date of birth, child’s date of birth, you…
Cleveland Food Bank Loses Personal Data for Dozens of Clients
Kevin Niedermier reports: Cleveland police are still looking for the stolen car that contained personal information on 44 Greater Cleveland Food Bank clients. The car was stolen last month after a food bank worker had collected the written information on assistance applications. Food bank Communications Director Karen Pozna says so far none of the affected clients have…
Information Breach Reported By Hillsborough County
Sherri Lonon reports: Hillsborough County Aging Services has notified about 650 clients about a possible breach of protected health information that occurred in 2011. The potential breach was brought to the county’s attention in December 2016 by a former employee. According to the county, the possible breach occurred in March 2011 when an employee of…
Thousands of medical records stolen from Zanesville practice
Kate Snyder reports: Thousands of patient files kept by Capital Prosthetic & Orthotic Center, Inc. were stolen from a storage locker in Zanesville in December. The information stolen, according to a release from Capital Prosthetic, may have included patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, medical diagnosis/treatments and insurance information. Across…
Misdirected medical documents reveal patient privacy issue
If you’re going to misdirect a fax containing patient information, you probably would like to avoid misdirecting it to a news station. WFAA reports: Fax machines are an easy, reliable way to get documents from one place to another quickly. It’s one reason doctors’ offices use them so frequently when sharing patient information. “There has…