Patrick Villanova reports that a storage shed containing the medical records of approximately 40,000 patients was broken into Tuesday and all the files were stolen. The files belonged to patients seen between 1982 and 2009 by Dr. Nisar A. Quraishi, an internist with an office at 1 Chopin Court in Jersey City. Quraishi, who is…
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Lawsuit against USC Medical Center after photo of patient's injuries uploaded to the Internet
Matt Reynolds reports: A woman who tried to kill herself by stabbing pencils into her eyes sued USC Medical Center for privacy violations, claiming that a photo of her injuries went viral after an employee shared the image. Jane Doe and her conservator David Bliss sued Los Angeles County, USC Medical Center, and Joshua Shivers,…
Tenet agrees to pay $32.5 million to settle 17 year-old privacy breach class-action lawsuit
There’s been a settlement in a breach-related lawsuit that many of us probably never heard of as the breach was more than 17 years ago. Jim Mustian reports: A hospital chain has agreed to pay up to $32.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 1997 after stacks of medical records sat unattended for…
Graybill Medical Group notifies patients whose x-rays were dumped instead of securely destroyed
One of the recent additions to HHS’s public breach tool was an entry for Graybill Medical Group in California, who reported a breach that affected 1,863 patients. A notice on their web site explains that on October 20, they notified affected patients whose protected health information was accidentally disclosed when x-ray films slated for secure destruction were mistakenly placed in…
What's behind the dramatic rise in medical identity theft?
A decentralized U.S. health system, increasing digitization of records, and demand in the black market are fueling a surge in thefts, Laura Shin reports on Fortune.
Flowers Hospital fraud case update: Defendant seeks to withdraw guilty plea, claims others involved
Dothan First reports: Just days before he is scheduled to be sentenced on identity theft charges the man arrested for stealing patient’s personal information from Flowers Hospital is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. Karmarian Millender claims he is not the only one involved in the scheme. He also claims to be a victim of…