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In the wake of a data protection breach impacting 40,000 patients, East Midlands Ambulance Service is working to prevent future problems.  The Lincolnshire Echo reports: A strategy was developed at the Trust meeting on October 28 which resulted in new computerised systems and improving IT security. The investigation found the computer system the information was stored on was…

Kevin Krause reports: Federal authorities say a former Parkland Memorial Hospital employee illegally used information from thousands of patients to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Viju Mathew, 49, of Garland has agreed to plead guilty to a federal fraud charge and is scheduled to go before a judge later this month to formally enter the plea….

A statement from Montgomery Obstetrics & Gynecology: BLACKSBURG, Va., (October 31, 2014) – Montgomery Obstetrics & Gynecology (Montgomery OB-GYN) has notified patients of a breach of some personal patient-protected health information. On Sept. 11, Montgomery OB-GYN learned that an individual obtained access to multiple patient charts and other medical records that were removed from the practice….

There’s a small update to the Dallas Fire-Rescue breach involving missing laptops. The loss was reported to HHS, who added it to their public breach tool today.  Dallas reported that the (first) loss occurred October 5, 2011, which is later than what was originally reported, but they also reported that 1,000 patients were impacted.

WJCB reports: Some clients of a longtime troubled youth program in North Central Florida have had their personal information compromised. It started when TV20 received information of confidential personal documents being improperly disposed of in Bronson. When we visited the site, we found two dumpters filled and documents sitting on top of a pile of…

From the Lethbridge Herald: Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying approximately 5,000 patients after a laptop was stolen from a local clinic. The laptop, stolen from the Lethbridge Sleep Clinic on Oct. 17,  was not owned by AHS and not connected to any AHS network. The laptop contained a database with the names and addresses…