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Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield discloses breach that could affect tens of millions of customers and employees (Update2)

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Dissent

Following the disclosure by Community Health Systems  in an SEC filing that they suspected Chinese hackers were responsible for the theft of 4.5 million patients’ information,  the FBI sent out a “Flash” warning to alert the  the healthcare sector that it was being targeted by hackers.  It was the second warning they had issued in a period…

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UK: Newcastle nurse sacked after snooping on medical records and discussing them on social media

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Dissent

Katie Davies reports: A nurse who was caught snooping on medical records before talking about it on social media has been sacked. Joyce Jennings worked as a registered nurse at the Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust, when she accessed records she wasn’t privy to. Jennings, who brought her 30 years’ experience into disrepute, was suspended to…

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TN: Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation patients and employees notified of stolen hard drive

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dissent

Molly Smith reports: Patients at the Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation learned some of their personal information was stolen, and tell WREG one year of identity protection doesn’t seem like enough. […] Patients got a letter in the mail, saying a robber broke into a clinic employee’s home back in December and stole a hard drive…

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Physician guidelines for Googling patients need revision

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dissent

Jennifer Abbasi writes on Penn State News:  With the Internet and social media becoming woven into the modern medical practice, Penn State College of Medicine researchers contend that professional medical societies must update or amend their Internet guidelines to address when it is ethical to “Google” a patient. “As time goes on, Googling patients is going to…

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Senior Health Partners Provides Notice of Data Security Incident

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Dissent

Senior Health Partners (SHP), a Healthfirst Company, Provides Notice of Data Security Incident NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Senior Health Partners (SHP), a Healthfirst company, is today notifying approximately 2,700 of its members that a laptop and smartphone belonging to an assessment nurse employed by Premier Home Health (“Premier”), a business associate, were stolen from the…

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UK: ICO given new powers to audit NHS

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Dissent

From the Information Commissioner’s Office: “Data breaches by the NHS are a major cause for concern – this will give us a chance to act before a breach happens” The Information Commissioner has welcomed a change in the law that will give his office the right to force NHS authorities to be audited for compliance…

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