Alan Travis reports: Doctors and other health professionals will be asked to identify people who are “vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism” as part of the government’s redrawn counter-terrorism programme to be detailed on Tuesday. […] One “key message” of the document is that it is not a programme to spy on Muslim communities, but…
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(update) Police and Hospital Workers Find, Remove More Boxes Of Stolen Medical Records
This case just gets more and more intriguing, and the medical center has disclosed a lot of information that I typically don’t see is initial press releases. Devetta Blount reports: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employees and police say they are still on the case of stolen medical records. Employees spent Saturday reviewing more records that…
MI: Big changes for medical marijuana users
According to a Michigan federal court judge on Friday, medical marijuana patients have no right to privacy. Federal Judge Hugh Brenneman Jr. ruled that Michigan medical marijuana patients have no right to privacy when it comes to a federal investigation involving marijuana. In short, medical marijuana patients should not expect the information they give to…
Ca: Pharmacy papers litter Riverview roadside
CBC News in Canada reports: CBC News discovered a major privacy breach at a pharmacy in Riverview, New Brunswick Friday. Scores of patient prescriptions, medication receipts and empty bottles were found littering the street near a Jean Coutu pharmacy on Coverdale Road. The documents include names, addresses and phone numbers and, ironically, a document outlining…
Three more reports to HHS revealed
The HHS breach tool has added three new incidents: Indiana Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania reported that 1388 patients were notified of a September 28, 2010 incident involving the theft of paper records. The incident had been reported in the media earlier this month. The Indiana Gazette reported: Indiana Regional Medical Center has put more…
(update) Baptist Hospital Employee Charged After Medical Files Found
WFMY News reports the latest development in a breach mentioned previously on this blog. … a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employee, Linda Turner, stole hundreds, possibly thousands, of people’s medical records.They say she kept the files in the basement of a home she owns and other storage units. Prosecutors charged Turner with felony larceny…