Ryan Luby reports: While battling a serious illness, no one wants to worry about their medical records ending up in the wrong hands or in the wrong place. Yet, while acting on a tip, 4 Investigates learned there were concerns raised about patient privacy at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, or UNMCC. 4…
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Article: Methylation array data can simultaneously identify individuals and convey protected health information: an unrecognized ethical concern
Robert A Philibert, Nicolas Terry, Cheryl Erwin, Winter J Philibert, Steven RH Beach, and Gene H Brody have an article in Clinical Epigenetics 2014, 6:28 that is worth noting because of concerns about identification of patients and/or re-identification. Here’s the abstract: Genome-wide methylation arrays are increasingly used tools in studies of complex medical disorders. Because of their…
Ca: Rouge Valley Hospital employee involved in privacy breach charged by Securities Commission
OK, this is a bit different. There’s an update to a breach at Rouge Valley Hospital that was previously noted on this blog and that has already resulted in a lawsuit. The Canadian Press reports: A former clerk at the Rouge Valley hospital group in southern Ontario has been charged following an investigation into the…
IE: Woman settles damages claim against pharmacy
Independent.ie reports: A County Wicklow mother who claimed a pharmacy allowed her husband to watch CCTV footage of herself buying a self pregnancy test kit has settled a €38,000 damages claim for an undisclosed amount. The woman, who cannot be named, said her marriage had been highly dysfunctional and difficult for a number of years…
MA: Worcester man files lawsuit over hospital ID security breach
Brian Lee has an update to this breach involving a rogue insider at U. of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. Before telling you what the plaintiff is demanding, I’ll point out that there’s reportedly no evidence of any misuse of the named plaintiff’s information. All of those affected were offered one year of free credit monitoring, but…
WA: Tacoma hospital suffers security breach, $100K stolen
Henry Rosoff reports: Franciscan Health Systems is still trying to figure out how a former IT contractor kept his active security pass for months after he was done working for the company. Justin Pace is now charged with stealing $100,000 in computers, scanners and other equipment from three Franciscan facilities, including St. Joseph’s Hospital. […]…