The Canadian Press reports: The confidential health information of more than 100 southwestern Ontario residents has been breached. Bluewater Health and the North Lambton Community Health Centre have sent a letter of notification and apology to affected patients advising that personal information was inappropriately accessed. Bluewater Health privacy officer Karen Waymouth says a North Lambton…
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AU: How Hep C doctor ruined our lives
There’s a case in Australia that raises a slew of privacy, confidentiality, and health records security issues because dozens of women allege that a doctor who performed their abortions gave them Hepatitis C. Had this occurred during another kind of surgery, women would probably feel more comfortable coming forward to identify themselves as having been…
Ca: New legislation to beef up privacy protocols for medical information
Adam Bowie reports: Officials with the Horizon Health Network say new health legislation will provide better guidance for medical professionals about how they should record, access and use a patient’s personal medical information. The Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act was proclaimed in New Brunswick on Sept. 1 – a piece of legislation that…
IE: Records lost at Vincent’s Hospital
Kieron Wood: A computer back-up containing patient records has gone missing from St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin. Notices have been posted at the hospital asking if anyone has seen the Western Digital external hard drive. A spokesman for St Vincent’s said that on October 21, the hospital informed the Data Protection Office of the…
HHS adds three more incidents to their breach page
HHS has added three more incidents to their breach report web page. Two of the incidents we already had some information about, but one is totally news to me: Southwest Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in Washington reported that a “Hacking/IT Incident” on September 4 affected 9,493 patients. They do not have a web site…
CT: Unions Say Hartford Hospital Violated Privacy Rights
Matthew Sturdevant reports: The unions for state employees say Hartford Hospital violated the privacy rights of union members when it wrote letters to them regarding bitter negotiations with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state’s largest health insurer. The hospital wrote to patients “in an effort to use them for leverage in contentious negotiations,”…