From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A pharmacist who worked for West Sussex Primary Care Trust has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after unlawfully accessing the medical records of family members, work colleagues and local health professionals. Appearing at Barkingside Magistrates Court today, Harkanwarjit Dhanju, 50, was prosecuted under section 55 of the…
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UK: Unencrypted data of 45,000 patients shared by south west ambulance bosses despite "no justifiable legal reason" to do so
jrmaidment reports: Ambulance bosses have been criticised after the unencrypted data of more than 45,000 patients was shared with NHS chiefs despite there being “no justifiable legal reason” to do so. South Western Ambulance Service sent seven discs of “descriptive patient data” relating to 45,431 people by recorded delivery to a Clinical Commissioning Group in…
IE: Update to HSE laptop theft
There’s an update to a breach noted yesterday on this blog. Highland Radio now reports that there were 180 children whose data were on the stolen laptop HSE’s Speech and Language Therapy Service in Donegal. Even more noteworthy, however, they report that the laptop was “fully encrypted.” If that’s the case, I am puzzled that the Data…
New York resident charged with fraud, identity theft in Fort Lee
Svetlana ShKolnikova reports: A former payroll specialist at the CareOne senior care facility on Bridge Plaza North has been arrested on fraud and identity theft charges after allegedly using the company’s employee database to obtain fraudulent debit cards. Fort Lee Detective Lt. Kenneth Porrino began investigating 40-year-old Enna Garland’s actions on Sept. 23 and police arrested…
FL: Melbourne back surgeon ordered to pay Health First $61K
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted in 2009. Chuck McClung reports; Dr. Richard Hynes, the Melbourne back surgeon who has been locked in a protracted antitrust battle with Health First, lost a recent legal skirmish with the provider over pilfered emails. An Orlando district judge ruled Nov. 3 that Hynes violated two federal…
Director Of Nursing Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Role In $7 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Here’s another case where at least some patients cooperated with a Medicare fraud scheme that involved falsifying their records. Do they not realize the risks they face by having inaccurate information in their records? And why aren’t they prosecuted as co-conspirators? A former Director of Nursing was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison today…