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TX: State Investigates After Medical Files Found in Dumpster

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

KRGV reports that patient and employee records from Xtra Mile Ambulance Service Company were found in a dumpster at a storage facility. The ambulance company is no longer in business. The medical files contain personal information including Social Security numbers, addresses and bank account numbers. So if the files were stored, their only exposure occurred when…

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Nurse Accused Of Illegally Accessing Patient Records

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

Esme Murphy reports: A nurse with a history of narcotics theft illegally accessed a state database that contains prescription drug records for 1 million Minnesotans, all under the supervision of government entities that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. A WCCO-TV investigation found that, despite the nurse’s background, he was given access to…

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Costly shift to new credit cards won’t fix security issues

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

Nandita Bose reports: New technology about to be deployed by credit card companies will require U.S. consumers to carry a new kind of card and retailers across the nation to upgrade payment terminals. But despite a price tag of $8.65 billion, the shift will address only a narrow range of security issues. Credit card companies…

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Complicated relationships and breach notification requirements

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

A notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office from McDermott Will & Emery LLP provides a useful illustration of how some organizations may be  struggling to determine their notification obligations to states as a result of the Anthem breach: If a law firm has trouble figuring out their obligations, can you imagine what others are struggling…

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AU: Answers sought after confidential medical records from Lyell McEwin Hospital found in other patient's files

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Leah Maclennan reports: SA Health is investigating how confidential medical notes from three Lyell McEwin Hospital patients in Adelaide ended up in someone else’s file. Scott McKay’s mother spent time in the northern suburbs hospital with terminal cancer. Mr McKay said that after her death, he was looking through the notes she had kept and…

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Nina Pham to sue hospital for negligence, invasion of privacy

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

KVUE reports that Nina Pham, a nurse who contracted ebola while working in a Texas hospital, is planning to sue the hospital for lack of adequate training and for invasion of privacy: The 37-page lawsuit alleges that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and its parent company [Texas Health Resources] did not provide proper training for Pham…

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