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.
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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…
American Family Care alerts customers of stolen laptops containing patient information
Ryan Phillips reports: American Family Care of Birmingham is alerting customers following the theft of two laptops containing sensitive information from an employee’s vehicle earlier this summer. The laptops contain information concerning work-related injuries, physicals, immunizations and drug screens and were stolen in Marietta, Ga., according to a release from AFC. The company also wanted…