The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reports all breaches affecting more than 500 individuals reported by covered entities. This past week, HHS added a new report to their listing: Medina County OB/GYN Associates in Ohio reported that on June 13, the paper records of 1200 patients were improperly disposed of. There is no…
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Health Net Settlement Leaves Physicians Unsettled
Cathryn J. Prince reports: Insurance giant Health Net’s historic settlement over a security breach leaves some area physicians unsettled. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced a settlement with Health Net and its affiliates for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information on nearly 500,000 Connecticut patients. However, the settlement doesn’t address the breach…
NY: Medical and doctors’ records scattered all over North Tonawanda
Dear Congress: Please view the TV coverage below and then tell me again why none of you have the determination and will to write and enact a bill that requires protection of paper records containing sensitive information and that requires notification in the event of a breach. George Richert reports: Confidential medical records were scattered…
NY: Medical and doctors' records scattered all over North Tonawanda
George Richert reports: Confidential medical records were scattered all over a busy intersection. Some of the documents even list social security numbers. Hundreds of people saw the mess in North Tonawanda, but a News 4 viewer who started picking up the papers alerted us to what was on them: doctors’ social security numbers. […] A…
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine Report Stolen Laptop
From the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital‘s web sites: On May 13, 2010, a physician from Baylor College of Medicine and affiliated with Texas Children’s Hospital had his password-protected laptop stolen from an office at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Electronic files on the laptop contained demographic and clinical information of…
Two computer thefts at Montefiore Medical Center put sensitive data at risk (update 1)
Montefiore Medical Center in New York has experienced two computer thefts in recent months. Although neither incident appears on HHS’s web site of reported breaches as of the time of this posting, a statement on Montefiore Medical Center‘s web site indicates that both thefts involved computers containing sensitive personal and medical information of patients and…