Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
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Cedars-Sinai revises breach estimate in stolen laptop case; over 33,000 patients impacted
Cedars-Sinai has updated its breach disclosure to indicate that 33, 136 patients had protected health information on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home this summer. Read more on Los Angeles Times.
NZ: Hospital patient takes peek at info of others
The Dominion Post reports: A breach of privacy by a patient in Hutt Hospital‘s emergency department has been referred to police. Hutt Valley District Health Board chief executive Graham Dyer has confirmed that on September 8 a patient was able to view information about other patients on an unattended computer. “As soon as this issue…
Lost disc with Jersey City Medical Center patient data is finally found, hospital says
Terrence T. McDonald reports: More than two months after a compact disc containing personal data of Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health patients went missing, hospital officials say the disc was found and no data was compromised.The CD, which was sent to an outside firm that reviews medical billing data back in June, was delivered earlier this month…
Flowers Hospital data breach suit: Plaintiffs to amend complaint
Patrick Ouellette writes: A former Flowers Hospital lab technician was indicted in early September on charges that he stole eight patients’ protected health information (PHI) as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme from June 2013 to February 2014. As a result of the breach, five affected patients filed a punitive class-action lawsuit in federal court, referencing a violation…
University of Florida and Texas HHSC notify Texas WIN Project Medicaid patients of breach
The University of Florida and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) are partners for the Texas Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Project for Medicaid patients. In a newly disclosed breach, the University of Florida, acting as a partner of the HHSC, sent letters to Houston area physicians requesting health records for WIN project…