When are doctor-patient communications not privileged and confidential? Apparently when the government requests them as part of determining competence to stand trial. David Schwartz of Reuters reports: District Court Judge Larry Burns, in a ruling made public on Thursday, said there is no reason to prohibit the U.S. Bureau of Prisons from releasing to law…
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MN: Allina fires 32 over privacy violations in Blaine mass overdose case
Sarah Horner reports the follow-up to a breach that I knew nothing about: Thirty-two employees of Allina Hospitals and Clinics were fired yesterday for looking at medical records of patients involved in a recent mass overdose in Blaine without having any professional reason to do so, an Allina spokesman said. Twenty-eight employees were let go…
GA: Chiropractor Charged With Identity Fraud
According to the Paulding County Sheriff’s office, Dr. Christopher Lockerman, of Lockerman Family Chiropractic, in Hiram was arrested Wednesday and charged with 8 counts of financial identity fraud and one count of theft by deception in a case that involves over $264,000.00 of identity theft. Detectives said they were first made aware of this case…
UK: NHS Barnet reveals 187 breaches of personal data
Guardian Healthcare Network writes: A North London primary care trust has suffered the most personal data breaches among NHS trusts in the capital over the past three years, according to figures obtained by Guardian Healthcare. The figures showed that out of 30 trusts responding to a freedom of information (FoI) request, NHS Barnet owned up…
Porn industry STD testing clinic that was implicated in horrific privacy breach shuts down; files for bankruptcy
Dennis Romero reports: It has been a saga much more juicy than any of porn’s non-plots. Nearly three months after reopening as a private entity, AIM Healthcare, the clinic that tests adult performers for STDs, has shut down and filed for bankruptcy, industry sources confirmed to the Weekly. We were told a privacy lawsuit challenging…
Woman Arrested for Identity Theft While Temping for Doctor's Office
Chandra Johnson Greene reports Stamford police arrested a 42-year-old Mount Vernon, NY, woman Monday afternoon for making fraudulent charges to credit cards she had access to while doing temp work for a Stamford-based doctor’s office. According to Sgt. Robert Shawinsky, Melba Witter of 461 South 3rd Ave. was employed by Staff Providers, a Wilton-based staffing…