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OptumRx notifying patients after laptop with PHI stolen from vendor’s unattended vehicle

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Dissent

Now what vendor was this? I don’t see anything in recent reports or on HHS’s public breach tool that would identify the vendor. From a notification template by OptumRx: We wanted to make you aware of a recent incident that may have affected some of your health information. On March 22, 2016, we were notified…

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Katherman Kitts notifies clients whose identity and financial information was stolen from unattended vehicle

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

It’s 2016, and yet we’re still seeing totally and easily avoidable data breaches like this one, reported by Katherman Kitts: On February 25, 2016, hard drives containing backup files for one of the firm’s servers, along with other incidental items, were stolen from a partner’s locked vehicle. These files may have contained some of your…

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NM: Northern Navajo Medical Center patient information turns up in NM storage units

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Dissent

AP reports: A former employee at a northwestern New Mexico hospital walked off with information on nearly 7,500 patients, hospital officials said. Documents in cardboard boxes turned up in storage units near Farmington. They were taken from the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock last fall without authorization, officials said. Read more on KOAT. Notification…

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WA: Olympia man suspected of stealing hard drives from federal offices

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

Amelia Dickson reports: A Thurston County judge has set bail at $10,000 for Nicholas W. Perring, an Olympia man suspected of stealing hard drives containing names and Social Security numbers from a federal office. […] According to court documents, Perring is suspected of breaking into four offices, all at 701 Capitol Way S., on two…

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MA: Patient information taken from Northgate Medical Primary Care

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Dissent

David McKay reports that Northgate Medical Primary Care in Springfield, Massachusetts has issued a press release about a HIPAA breach.  I haven’t been able to find any copy of it online or on their web site as of the time of this post, however. McKay reports: Northgate said they discovered in January that a former employee had…

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UK: Dozens of Newcastle patients’ medical records go missing after van blunder

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Dissent

Keiran Southern reports: Confidential medical records belonging to dozens of North East patients have gone missing from Tyneside hospitals. The documents were taken after being left unsecured in a van outside a property in Fenham, Newcastle. Thieves stole the vehicle holding 143 private medical records of patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital and Campus for…

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