David Harper reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here last month: A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy in which personal identifying information was taken from St. Francis Hospital’s computer system and used as part of a scheme involving fraudulent credit cards and stolen mail. Teresa R. Browning, 36,…
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Hospital Staff May Have Shared Too Much on Facebook
Katia Lopez-Hodoyan reports: Facebook is used to stay connected, write to friends and even show pictures but now the website seems to be at the center of a North County hospital investigation. Dozens of Tri City Medical Center employees may have shared patient’s information in social networking sites without the consent of patients. Officials did…
NC: Prompt Med Fined for Improper Disposal of Records
Following up on a breach previously covered here and here, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office released this statement yesterday: A Greensboro urgent care center has paid $50,000 because its patients’ financial and medical information were illegally disposed of in a dumpster, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday. “When you share your personal information with…
NC: Prompt Med Fined for Improper Disposal of Records
Following up on a breach previously covered here and here, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office released this statement yesterday: A Greensboro urgent care center has paid $50,000 because its patients’ financial and medical information were illegally disposed of in a dumpster, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday. “When you share your personal information with…
P2P networks a treasure trove of leaked health care data, study finds
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Nearly eight months after new rules were enacted requiring stronger protection of health care information, organizations are still leaking such data on file-sharing networks, a study by Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business has found. In a research paper to be presented at an IEEE security symposium Tuesday, a Dartmouth College professor…
MO: Former Pharmacy Technician Indicted on Health Care Fraud Charges
The United States Attorney’s Office announced today last week that Karen Williams was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving her scheme to fraudulently obtain prescription drugs and bill them to patient insurance companies. According to the indictment, Williams was employed as a pharmacy technician at a Walgreens on St. Charles Rock Road. Between 2007 and…