The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today published a report looking at how community healthcare providers approach data protection. Community providers are an increasingly important part of the NHS, providing cradle to grave services worth over £11 billion a year. But they often involve staff working at remote locations or off-site entirely. This brings particular…
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UK: East Midlands Ambulance Service avoid a fine for lost medical records
The Nottingham Post reports that the East Midlands Ambulance Service, who disclosed the loss of a floppy disk with patient data from 2012 in August 2014, and then began working to improve their data protection, has gotten a bit of good news from the ICO: no further action will be taken against them by the ICO….
FL: Miami-Dade County Resident Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme Involving Over 8,600 Patients’ Identities
A Miami-Dade County resident has been sentenced to 61 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Noel Barrientos previously pled guilty to one count of possessing fifteen or more access devices (social security numbers of other people) and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, law enforcement executed a search warrant…
WI: Harel Chiropractic Clinic notifies 3,000 patients of breach
Jennie Olson reports: Harel Chiropractic Clinic notified 3,000 patients Monday that some patient personal information may have been breached on Nov. 4, 2014, by an employee and a contract chiropractor. Clinic officials discovered the breach on Nov. 20. Clinic officials say the employee and contract chiropractor had access to patient information as part of their…
NHS information centre forced to write to potentially 'millions' of patients after care.data error
Alex Matthews-King reports: The NHS’s information centre will have to contact potentially millions of patients who have opted out of care.data informing them they will not receive services such as e-prescribing, bowel screening, e-referrals or e-pathology reporting when the scheme goes live. In a letter submitted to the commons health committee, the Health and Social Care…
California Pacific Medical Center discovers employee was improperly accessing patient records for one year
The following press release from California Pacific Medical Center, a Sutter Health facility, was submitted to the California Attorney General’s web site today. A copy of the notice, dated January 23, 2015, is also posted on CPMC’s web site: Audit finds employee access to patient files without apparent business or treatment purpose California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)…