UC Davis Health System officials are notifying 1,800 patients that their personal or medical information may be compromised after three doctors were hit with an email phishing scam. The physicians’ email accounts were exposed to malicious software in the mid-December security breach, health system spokesperson Charles Casey said. He said the doctors assumed the email came…
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ICO blog: NHS patient information and the Data Protection Act
Dawn Monaghan writes: The health sector always provides a wealth of data protection challenges, but without doubt the one currently at the forefront of most peoples’ minds are the changes to how patient information in England could be used by NHS bodies and others, with a view to improving care and health services. With personal…
Ca: Patient information stolen from Covenant Health
Chandra Lye reports: A briefcase containing private patient information was stolen from a Covenant Health employee last month. Officials told CTV News that the briefcase was taken from the worker’s vehicle on December 23. Read more on CTV Edmonton. Covenant notified the 41 people whose information was in the briefcase on January 8, even though…
Ca: Medicentres laptop with info on 620,000 patients was stolen in September. NOW they tell them?
CBC News reports: A laptop with the unencrypted personal health information of 620,000 Albertans was stolen last September, Health Minister Fred Horne announced Wednesday. The laptop contained the names, dates of birth, provincial health card numbers, billing codes and diagnostic codes of the individuals seen at Medicentres between May 2, 2011, and Sept. 10, 2013….
Dentrix taking steps in the right direction
Dentrix’s newest newsletter contains an article on data security that is significant both for no longer using the term “encryption” to describe their security and for offering customers more resources and help. In light of my previous commentary on Dentrix security and marketing, I would be remiss not to note this progress here. Note that…
The Biggest Big Data Myths of 2013
Dr. Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights kindly gave me permission to reprint this blog post: The biggest myth about ‘Big Data’ users of the entire nation’s health information is that personal health data was acquired legally and ethically. Just ask anyone you know if they ever agreed to the hidden use and sale of…