Alison Diana reports: With the mandated adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), many healthcare professionals for the first time got centralized access to patient records. Now they’re figuring out how to use all this information. Although the healthcare industry has been slow to delve into big data, that might be about to change. At stake:…
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Ca: Eastern Health Authority discloses employee improperly accessed 20 patients' records
CBC News reports: Eastern Health reported Tuesday that an employee inappropriately accessed 20 patient records in a privacy breach. According to a release from the health authority, the administrative employee has resigned in light of the investigation. Read more on CBC. A statement linked from Eastern Health’s home page says: May 13, 2014 – St….
Boulder Community Health reports 7 more victims, says unlocked bins aren't to blame
Alex Burness has an update to a breach recently noted on this blog: Boulder Community Health has now identified a total of 16 patients — up from nine Wednesday — who have received letters from an anonymous source, containing copies of their own medical records stolen from an undetermined area around the hospital’s Foothills campus. In…
States Selling, Sharing Risky Personal Health Data
Greg Slabodkin reports: Nearly all states collect hospital discharge data with 33 states selling or sharing de-identified information–not covered under HIPAA. That raises concerns that the hospitals are turning over data potentially vulnerable to re-identification, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Read more on Health Data Management.
Two NYU College of Dentistry employees busted last year for stealing and misusing patient credit card information
Larry Celona and Christina Carrega-Woodby report: A marijuana bust led police to uncover a massive identity theft operation that officials at the prestigious university tried to hush up, law enforcement sources told The Post. Joel Scott and James Giscombe Jr., who work with patients treated at the school, were busted last summer for allegedly lifting…
UK: Moray Council employee left sensitive info on children in a café
The Moray Council has signed an undertaking to improve data protection following an incident in July 2013 when a bundle of papers with personal and sensitive personal data was left in a local café. The papers related to a Moray Permanence Panel hearing and contained detailed reports regarding the adoption of two children, as well as shorter reports relating to 19 further…