Randeep Ramesh reports: Stephen Dorrell, Tory chairman of the health select committee, has said he will write to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to ask for details about which organisations have acquired medical records since 2010. His pledge came after officials at the new arms-length body said they could retrieve data only from the last…
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HK hospital worker mum on patient data loss till 3 days later
Computerworld Hong Kong reports: A Queen Elizabeth Hospital staffer lost a USB flash drive holding personal data of 92 patients, information of drug prescriptions, and dispensing related documents on Feb 18, but only reported the case to the hospital three days later. The missing USB flash drive–without encryption and password protection–belongs to a pharmacy department…
Patient records should not have been sold, NHS admits
Kudos to reporter Laura Donnelly, who has been all over this breach and scandal: Medical records should not have been sold to the insurance industry, the new body in charge of NHS patient data has declared. The Telegraph disclosed that 13 years of hospital data – covering 47 million patients – was sold by the…
Commentary: Doctor storing credit card info is a prescription for cybercrime
I was somewhat surprised – and disappointed – to see how a question on Kaiser Health News was answered. Michelle Andrews writes: Q. After signing up for a gold level plan on the health insurance marketplace, my physician, who is part of my plan, asked for $75 up front. My copayment is $25. His office…
LabMD voluntarily dismisses its lawsuit against the FTC, but says they'll be back
After recently announcing it was winding down its operations as a result of the FTC’s protracted investigation and complaint against it, LabMD voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the FTC last week. The chronology might suggest that the two events were related, but two people close to the case say that they are not related. LabMD’s…
PA: Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital notifies patients of missing laboratory records and specimens from 2006 and 2007
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital in Pennsylvania posted this notice to their patients on the home page of their website: Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital (G-BH) is committed to serving the health care needs of the Bloomsburg and surrounding community—including protecting the confidentiality and privacy of our patients’ personal information. We recently became aware of an incident that involves patients’ health…