Mitch Smith reports: Surgical information for more than 1,200 patients may have been compromised in February when an unknown person accessed a doctor’s Gmail account, a Chicago-area physicians’ group announced Friday. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush said in a news release that names and dates of birth for 1,256 patients could have been accessed, along with…
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UK: Hospital data sold without patients' consent to boost profits of private drugs companies
Jenny Hope reports: Hospital records have been sold to dozens of companies including pharmaceutical giants and private firms without patients’ knowledge or consent, newly-released data shows. Details about NHS patients have gone to major names including Bayer, Baxter, AstraZeneca, Bupa and Roche. Consultancy firms McKinsey, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst and Young are also among those…
Michigan Department of Community Health notifying 2,595 individuals of breach
MDCH Notifying Individuals Regarding Protected Health Information Breach For Immediate Release: April 3, 2014 LANSING – The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) recently became aware of a breach of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and is notifying 2,595 individuals and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding…
Sutherland Healthcare identifies additional patients to notify of breach (UPDATED)
Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, who disclosed a breach affecting over 220,000 patients in California, discovered that additional patients had information on the stolen computers and is now sending them notification letters. Update: Abby Sewell of the Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that 170,200 additional victims have been identified in a theft…
CA: Hospital informs patients of 2012 records breach
Courtney Perkes reports: La Palma Intercommunity Hospital has notified patients that their medical records and personal information may have been illegally viewed by a former employee. The hospital learned in September 2012 that an employee accessed personal information without permission, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, addresses, birth dates and limited medical information, according…
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Department of Research to notify participants of potential breach
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Department of Research is notifying patients of a breach that they believe occurred in October 2011. OK, now that I have your attention, on or about April 3, they will begin sending out breach notification letters that say that on February 12, 2014, they discovered that a server used to store…