From a Toronto Star editorial: There isn’t much point in having a law on the books only to have people flout it with impunity. Yet that’s precisely the case with legislation that’s supposed to protect Ontarians from unwarranted snooping into their medical records. The province’s Personal Health Information Protection Act has been in force for more than…
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NC: Nurse, pastor's wife pleads guilty to ID theft
Diane Turbyfill reports: A Belmont woman used her position as a nurse and pastor’s wife to defraud two elderly people. Deborah Costner Taylor pleaded guilty in court Friday to identity theft and obtaining property by false pretense. […] She is married to the pastor of East Belmont Baptist Church and worked at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia at…
FL: Lee County nurse accused of ID theft, fraud
Eileen Cofre reports: A local nurse is accused of opening fraudulent credit accounts in the names of at least eight of her patients. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says Lynn Schlosser was arrested after they received a complaint about identity theft and credit card fraud in January. She was working as a registered nurse providing…
UK: Patients' notes left on display in parked car at Truro hospital
West Briton reports: Medical notes have been found on clear display in a car which was parked in a residential street for almost a week. Mark Atkins said he and other residents of Lowen Bre near Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske had been fed up with vehicles being parked in their street. But when he looked…
San Francisco General investigates security breach involving patient records
Erin Allday reports: A former UCSF doctor who worked at San Francisco General Hospital from 2005 to 2013 wrongfully removed copies of patient records from the medical center, public health officials said Friday. UCSF reported the security breach to the San Francisco Department of Public Health on Feb. 13. The incident is under investigation and authorities don’t yet know…
SLU Hospital nurse’s Facebook page hacked, names of patients with HIV/AIDS released
Brittany Noble-Jones and Adam McDonald report: St. Louis University Hospital officials say they are investigating an incident after 27 patients’ names who allegedly have HIV/AIDS were posted on a female employee’s social media page. During the investigation, officials say they discovered the information posted on the employee’s Facebook page was not posted by the employee…