One of the recent breaches added to HHS’s public breach tool involved a case where a laptop connected to equipment was stolen from the covered entity’s premises. Midwest Urological Group in Peoria, Illinois reported that 982 patients had information on a laptop that was stolen on or about May 30th. There does not appear to be…
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Redacting the name of the accused employee from the decision following a disciplinary hearing
From the New York Public Personnel Law blog: OATH Index #1536/14 In the course of a disciplinary hearing the employee placed certain of his personal medical information in the hearing record. He then submitted a post-hearing request in which he asked OATH Administrative Law Judge Alessandra F. Zorgniotti “to remove his name from the [disciplinary]…
Memorial Hermann Hospital: Employee accesses 10,000 patient medical records
Andy Cerota reports: Memorial Hermann Hospital is apologizing after a former employee accessed the medical records of more than 10,000 patients. A hospital spokesperson tells Local 2 News that protecting and securing patient information is a top priority. Letters are going out to those patients right now and Memorial Hermann has set up a call…
GA: Bulloch Pediatrics alerts patients to possible security breach after storage units burgled
WSAV reports that Bulloch Pediatrics is warning patients that some of their personal information may have been compromised when a local storage facility was burgled. The practice stored some old insurance records and other payment records in those units. Some of these records contained patient names, policy holder names, policy numbers and in a few…
TN: Metro Health Department warns of privacy issue
Joseph Pleasant reports: Metro Nashville’s Health Department discovered that around 1,700 people’s personal information may have been lost in July. The information impacts the Children Special Services program. Metro Nashville’s Health Department is mailing out letters to notify participants in the Children Special Services program that their personal information could be at risk. The health…
NC: Patient info stolen from Duke Health office (updated)
WRAL reports: Duke University Health System officials said Friday that a thumb drive containing patient information was stolen from an administrative office last month. The unencrypted device contained spreadsheets that included patients’ names, medical record numbers, physicians’ names and, in some instances, the names of certain Duke University Hospital locations visited, officials said. No Social…