Jeanne LeFlore reports: A list of clients and their records in connection with a Narconon Arrowhead lawsuit must be handed over to the court in January, court records state. Associate District Court Judge Bland made the ruling on Dec. 2 during a hearing in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Heather Landmeier a Narconon graduate…
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Major League Baseball’s battle with A-Rod trumped Florida law
Fred Grimm comments: Major League Baseball, in its zeal to nail A-Rod and other accused juicers, paid thousands for stolen medical records. Not that we don’t relish the prospect of overpaid jocks getting their comeuppance, but there’s a small problem with trafficking in stolen property. It’s stolen. Florida law’s not fuzzy about the legality of…
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA notifies patients after e-mail gaffe
The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington posted a breach alert on their web site dated December 16. It was not linked from their home page, but located under Press Releases: Privacy Breach Notification December 16, 2013 The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (VAWW) in Walla Walla is offering free credit…
70% of people would be willing to have a smart toilet share their personal data
Christopher Mims writes: Smart toilets: who even knew they were a thing? But perhaps it’s time. Aside from water-conservation and heated seats, there’s been little innovation in toilets since the debut of the original crapper. As long as we’re connecting every other thing we own to the internet, why not a toilet that monitors our health by…
Pointer: Healthcare’s most significant data breaches of 2013
HealthcareITSecurity.com takes a look at “some of the largest and most unusual data breaches that happened this year” on their site. Maybe I should do a recap of what I see as the year’s worst healthcare data breaches and see how much our lists overlap. All I need is some time. And coffee. 🙂
Not All Recommended Fraud Safeguards Have Been Implemented in Hospital HER Technology – HHS OIG Report
From the Executive Summary of a newly released report: WHAT WE FOUND Nearly all hospitals with EHR technology had RTI-recommended audit functions in place, but they may not be using them to their full extent. In addition, all hospitals employed a variety of RTI-recommended user authorization and access controls. Nearly all hospitals were using RTI-recommended…