U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Patricia Marie Fowler (age 30, of Palmetto), the former information technology (IT) technician for the Suncoast Community Health Centers (SCHC) located in Ruskin, Florida, to 18 months in federal prison for committing computer intrusions causing damage of at least $17,000. The…
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PA: Physicians group wants to drop federal lawsuit
Tim Darragh reports: A subsidiary of Lehigh Valley Health Network that sued a physician group over an alleged breach of confidential patient information now wants to drop the complaint. Lehigh Valley Physician Group, the subsidiary, Monday filed a brief in federal court in Allentown seeking to drop its complaint against MDVIP Inc. of Boca Raton,…
WV: Agency seeks input on health information security, privacy
Taylor Kuykendall reports: The West Virginia agency charged with creating a digital exchange of health information is seeking public comment on new security and privacy policies before entering its 2011 pilot of the program.The West Virginia Health Information Network is the result of a public and private partnership created in 2006 to enable medical professionals…
AU: Leak of draft e-health document raises privacy concerns
Karen Dearne reports: Patients will have limited control of their medical information, as a leaked document shows consumer access will be confined to a portal. While Health Minister Nicola Roxon said consumers would “truly control” their personal electronic health records at her e-health forum last week, attendees did not see a draft concept of operations,…
(update) Holy Cross Hospital (FL) breach affected 1500
As a small update to the Holy Cross Hospital breach reported previously on this site: Holy Cross’s report to HHS indicates that 1500 patients were affected by the July 27th theft of paper records. It’s not clear why the hospital took until Dec. 2 to report the incident to HHS as it had publicly revealed…
Three recent reports on HHS's breach site
Manor Care of Indy (South), LLC in Indianapolis recently notified HHS that 845 individuals were notified of a breach involving their PHI. The breach type was coded as “Unauthorized Access/Disclosure, Paper Records.” I cannot find a web site or any additional information on this incident at this time. Prime Home Care, LLC of Nebraska reported…