Marisa Kendall reports: It’s time for the state’s highest court to determine when to hold a medical care provider liable for compromised patient data, according to plaintiffs lawyers who lost a privacy case against Sutter Medical Foundation this summer. The lawyers argue state appellate courts are at odds over whether the theft of patient records…
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MI: Medical files found dumped in Oak Park
Lauren Podell reports: Medical files have been found dumped outside an Oak Park medical center where the doctor was convicted of Medicare fraud before passing away. Julius Williams told Local 4 he went to pick up a prescription over the weekend near his former doctor’s office on Coolidge Highway when he noticed boxes piled up…
PHI accidentally exposed during webinar for healthcare providers
Here’s one we probably won’t see on HHS’s breach tool. Xerox State Healthcare has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that during a training session they conducted with the New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services on August 14, they accidentally exposed protected health information on five New Hampshire residents for 7 seconds via projection and webinar. The…
NZ: Council breached worker's privacy
Peter de Graaf reports: The Northland Regional Council breached the Privacy Act when staff accessed text messages sent by the victim of a brutal bleach attack, the Privacy Commissioner has found. Former council employee Mike Nager was driving to Whangarei in June last year to give evidence in court against two Far North men accused…
Penn Highlands Brookville Provides Public Notice of Data Security Incident
Penn Highlands Brookville Provides Public Notice of Data Security Incident BROOKVILLE, PA – OCTOBER 13, 2014 – Penn Highlands Brookville, a high quality healthcare service for the Brookville area, today confirmed a data security incident which may involve personal information for patients of Barry J. Snyder, MD. On August 14, 2014, Penn Highlands Brookville…
University of California Davis Medical Center notifies 1,326 patients after doctor's email account compromised
The University of California Davis Medical Center (UC Davis Health System) is notifying patients of a breach that occurred on September 25. According to a letter signed by Shara Merritt Reed, Privacy Program Director for UC Davis Health System, on September 26, an IT employee detected abnormal activity in the email account of one of their providers….