RTHK reports: A computer hard disk containing the names, identity card numbers and other personal information of about 3,000 eye patients has been stolen from the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po. The hospital said the disk was kept in a locked room pending destruction. It was discovered missing last week. A search was…
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TX: Tyler Businessman Arrested for Heath Care Fraud Violations
A Tyler businessman has been arrested on charges of health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Nicodemus Udofia, 50, of Tyler, was arrested on June 15, 2010, in connection with a health care fraud scheme. On June 3, 2010, a federal grand jury returned a…
Feds to Investigate Porn Industry Testing Clinic for Privacy Breaches
Interesting press release from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation: In response to a formal written complaint alleging sweeping violations of federal patient confidentiality laws filed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to open an investigation of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) HealthCare Foundation, a Los Angeles…
Hong Kong: Hospital data stolen (updated)
RTHK reports: A computer hard disk containing the names, identity card numbers and other personal information of about 3,000 eye patients has been stolen from the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po. The hospital said the disk was kept in a locked room pending destruction. It was discovered missing last week. A search was…
UK: Poor data security in the NHS
From the press release: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) remains highly concerned that data breaches involving people’s personal information are continuing to occur in NHS organisations. Today NHS Stoke-on-Trent and Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust are the latest NHS bodies found to have breached the Data Protection Act (DPA). Both NHS organisations’ chief…
UK: GPs agree to waive privacy of mentally ill gun owners
Vikram Dodd reports: Doctors have agreed to breach their duty of medical confidentiality to patients who own guns if they fear they have become so seriously mentally ill they may use their weapons on themselves or the public, the Guardian has learned. GPs say they will tell the police if a gun owner’s deteriorating health…