The breach involving the William Jennings Bryan Dorn, South Carolina. veterans’ hospital was reported in the media on September 8. By September 11, a potential class action lawsuit had been filed. WISTV reports: The Mike Kelly Law Group filed the suit in U.S. District Court siting [sic] Dorn and the Veteran’s Administration violated the U.S….
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Temple University Health System reports health-data breach (updated)
Mark McCullough reports: An unencrypted desktop computer containing personal information on 3,780 patients was stolen during a break-in at a Temple University physicians’ office in late July, the university said in a statement Thursday. The computer, in the department of surgery, contained files with patient information that could be used for identity theft, including name,…
Potential Physicians Regional computer hacking victims report trouble getting identify theft help
Is it possible to really manage a massive breach well in terms of the sign-up for identity theft protection? It seems I frequently read complaints about overloaded phone lines. Here’s another one in the wake of the Community Health System breach that affected 4.5 million patients from over 200 covered entities: After getting a letter…
Ca: Donna Colbourne fined in Western Health privacy breach
CBC News reports: A former employee with Western Health was fined Thursday in a privacy breach at the hospital in Corner Brook. Donna Colbourne accessed more than 1,000 patient files at Western Memorial Regional Hospital while working there as an accounting clerk until 2012. Judge Kymil Howe, appearing by video conference from Stephenville, imposed a $5,000…
Weak mobile device security bodes big risk for hospitals
Judy Motti reports: Only slightly more than half of healthcare employees (59 percent) are using full-disk encryption or file-level encryption on mHealth computing devices used at work, according to a new Forrester research report, which concluded that medical enterprises must adopt a data-centric approach to endpoint security on all employee devices. Such a security strategy will…
AU: Hospital breached privacy rules by releasing woman's details to ex-husband
Louise Hall reports: A mother of two says a Sydney hospital released sensitive details about her health to her hostile ex-husband, who used it against her in his attempt to gain sole custody of their children. The woman could receive up to $40,000 in compensation after a tribunal found Royal Prince Alfred Hospital breached privacy…