Hunt Regional Medical Partners Family Practice at Westlake is notifying patients that a warehouse storing patient records was vandalized January 16-17, 2015. According to a statement on their site, the intruders had access to an area that houses the records for Westlake Medical Center patients seen prior to 2010. These records may have included health information, address records and social security…
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Update to HHS breach tool provides insight to OCR's response to insider data theft
Back in April 2013, this site noted a breach involving Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. The breach, which involved data theft for a tax refund fraud ring, had been reported to Shands by law enforcement in October 2012, and arrests were made in January 2013. Over 14,000 patients were notified in April after a law enforcement stay…
IL: Medical Files of Suburban Lung Associates Patients Found In Filefax Dumpster
Dave Savini reports: A massive breach of medical records containing confidential personal information has prompted both federal and state investigations. It all started when CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini got a tip about what a dumpster diver found in the trash. Suburban Lung Associates has numerous offices affiliated with major hospitals. Charts belonging to their…
UK: Scottish plans for central identity database spark privacy criticism
Severin Carrell reports: Privacy and civil rights campaigners have urged the Scottish government to drop plans for a new identity database which could allow public bodies, including tax authorities, to share every adult’s private data. Scottish ministers have been accused of introducing a central database by stealth after civil servants quietly published plans to expand an NHS register…
Anthem says at least 8.8 million non-customers could be victims in data hack
Caroline Humer reports: Health insurer Anthem Inc, which earlier this month reported that it was hit by a massive cyberbreach, said on Tuesday that 8.8 million to 18.8 million people who were not its customers could be victims in the attack. Anthem, the country’s second-largest health insurer, is part of a national network of independently run…
Hospital Corporation of America sued over Aventura Hospital breach
Monica Pais reports: The operators of Aventura Hospital in Miami failed to safeguard patient records, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and exposure of their personal health information, a class claims in court. In a complaint filed in Miami Federal Court, named plaintiff Kellie Lynn Case says she is one of thousands of current and…