Amanda Chan reports: Boxes of patient records from a Charlotte psychologist’s practice were left at a county recycling facility last week because the psychologist’s sons mistakenly took the wrong boxes to be recycled, his attorney said Thursday. Sean Timmons, who represents Carolina Center for Development and Rehabilitation and its owner Ervin Batchelor, said that because…
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Almost Five Years in Prison for Pharmacy Owner Slash Identity Thief
Lucian Constantin reports: A pharmacy owner from Maryland was sentenced to 57 months in prison for misusing her customers’ personal information and selling mislabeled meds. The identity thief filed fake reimbursement claims for inexistent prescription refills in the name of other patients. According to authorities, Pamela Arrey, 49, owned two pharmacies in Baltimore, operating under…
Hoosiers Can Claim Dumped Medical Records
From 6News: Patients in Indiana now have a new way to retrieve sensitive information in medical records that have been dumped illegally. The attorney general’s office sorted through tens of thousands of records after investigating four cases where paper and electronic files were abandoned in Bartholomew, Shelby and Marion counties, 6News’ Rafael Sanchez reported. The…
CA: Dominican Hospital worker loses job over privacy breach
Jondi Gumz reports: Dominican Hospital has dismissed an employee who accessed medical records for 200 patients without authorization. The unauthorized access was discovered May 25, according to Mike Lee, Dominican Hospital spokesman, noting the information included patients’ full name, account number, insurance carrier and diagnosis or reason for hospitalization. “Based on our investigation and an…
Another theft of data from Kentuckiana hospital causing concern
Eric Flack reports: There has been another data breach at a Louisville hospital owned by Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare. Jewish Hospital is still reeling from the disappearance of a flash drive from Our Lady of Peace. While this data breach is much smaller, there is still cause for concern. On April 21, patients…
New York hospital loses data on 130,000 via FedEx
Robert McMillan reports: New York’s Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is notifying patients that their personal information may have been compromised after seven CDs full of unencrypted data were FedExed by a hospital contractor and then lost in transit. The CDs were sent by the hospital’s billing processor, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, around March…