An Information Commissioner’s Office report today gives a snapshot of organizations providing secondary health care and how they are complying with the Data Protection Act. The report summarises key findings from 19 audits carried out primarily with NHS Trusts by the ICO. The audits looked at how personal data is handled by the organization, and…
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MT: Missing binder at ranch for youth with mental health problems
Zach Benoit reports: The discovery earlier this year that a binder full of client information had been lost or destroyed in 2013 has prompted the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch to fortify efforts to ensure that such information stays safe by strengthening confidentiality practices and enhancing education efforts. “We want to make sure that if…
Service Coordination Inc. also affected MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene patients
The Service Coordination Inc. breach noted in the previous post also affected another Maryland agency, it seems. Steve Fermier reports for WBAL: State health officials say a company that serves Maryland residents with developmental disabilities has sent letters notifying them that their personal health information might have been compromised. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says…
AZ: Hospitalists of Arizona laptop stolen from St. Mary's Hospital contained patient information
Carmen Duarte reports: A stolen laptop from a work room at St. Mary’s Hospital has caused a potential patient information security breach, officials said Friday. […] Hospitalists of Arizona was informed Jan. 15 about the potential breach, and notified hospital security and law enforcement. The laptop contained health and basic personal information for about 1,700…
NHS sells a billion patient records
Jon Ungoed-Thomas reports: A billion NHS records containing details of patients’hospital admissions and operations have been sold to a marketing consultancy working for some of the world’s biggest drug companies, The Sunday Times can reveal. Harvey Walsh, a healthcare intelligence company, has paid for a database that, although stripped of names and addresses, does include…
Leader of Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to Jail
Christopher Davis, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced yesterday to serve 60 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama. Davis was also ordered to forfeit $300,559, which represented the proceeds of his offenses. Davis previously…