Chicago police have located the hub of an identity theft operation and have arrested the two women coordinating the scheme. Carmencita Kennedy, the reception at Woman to Woman Healthcare on the South Loop, has been charged with organizing a long-term financial crimes enterprise. Police say the 32 year old has stolen the identities of at…
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Police shut down identity theft operation at clinic
Chicago police have located the hub of an identity theft operation and have arrested the two women coordinating the scheme. Carmencita Kennedy, the reception at Woman to Woman Healthcare on the South Loop, has been charged with organizing a long-term financial crimes enterprise. Police say the 32 year old has stolen the identities of at…
Omnicare notifies almost 9,000 that their Social Security numbers and protected health information were on a stolen laptop
Omnicare Inc. of Kentucky recently notified 8,845 patients who had protected health information on a laptop that was stolen on January 19. The firm, which provides pharmaceutical care for seniors, posted a statement on their web site for those using pharmacies in North Carolina: On January 19, 2011, a laptop computer was stolen that contained…
Omnicare notifies almost 9,000 that their Social Security numbers and protected health information were on a stolen laptop
Omnicare Inc. of Kentucky recently notified 8,845 patients who had protected health information on a laptop that was stolen on January 19. The firm, which provides pharmaceutical care for seniors, posted a statement on their web site for those using pharmacies in North Carolina: On January 19, 2011, a laptop computer was stolen that contained…
AU: $40,000 damages for breach of privacy
Julie Robotham reports: A $40,000 damages order for misusing a mentally ill patient’s medical records has sent a strong privacy warning to hospitals. The compensation, awarded to a man who was a patient of the same public hospital where he worked [the former Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service], is the maximum allowable in…
No reasonable expectation of privacy in an emergency room
From the I-didn’t-know-that dept.: Patient privacy may not extend to the patient’s clothes or belongings. Via FourthAmendment.com: An officer who came to the trauma section of Grady Hospital in Atlanta could seize defendant’s clothing in plain view. Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the ER. United States v. Howard, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS…