Jeffrey S. Lichtman and Richard A. Menchini write: Over the past year, the New York Court of Appeals has handed down three decisions that provide clear and broadly applicable interpretation of both statutory rules and common law principles in tort cases. These cases deal with a medical facility’s duty to protect patients’ medical records and…
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Cedars-Sinai Health System to notify patients whose unencrypted information was on laptop stolen from an employee's home
Cedars-Sinai Health System Issues Notice of Data Incident LOS ANGELES (Aug. 22, 2014) – Although there is no indication of any actual or attempted unauthorized access to health information, Cedars-Sinai Health System will be notifying certain patients who have the potential to be affected by the theft of a Cedars-Sinai-issued laptop computer that may have…
ManagedMed reports patient scheduling data breach to California
ManagedMed Inc. (A Psychological Corporation), based in Los Angeles, recently notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving patient scheduling information. According to their July 17th letter to patients, submitted to the state on July 25, some patient scheduling information located in their computerized system had been viewed via an unsecured webpage by…
FL: Prosecutors charge former VA contract worker with ID theft
Margie Manning reports another development in a breach previously reported on this blog: A former employee of a shredding company with a contract with James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa is accused of identity theft and other charges. Federal authorities announced the unsealing of an indictment charging the former worker, Willie Streater, with five counts…
US agencies to release cyberthreat info faster to healthcare industry
Grant Gross reports: U.S government agencies will work to release cyberthreat information faster to the healthcare industry after a massive breach at hospital operator Community Health Systems, representatives of two agencies said. While the FBI issued an alert about the Community Health Systems breach one day after it was announced, government agencies can still do…
NZ: Stressed nurse fined $6k for 'snooping'
Maybe they report breaches differently in New Zealand, because a lengthy report by Rachel Young of The Press never seems to mention the district health board or hospital involved: A nurse who snooped through multiple patient files has been fined $6000 for her ”serious abuse” of her role. Mrs L breached privacy by inappropriately accessing…