Alice Lipowicz reports: In the last several days, I have read a news article and a blog post that raise questions about Kaiser Permanente’s privacy and security policies regarding the medical records of its patients — including the records of about 450 veterans participating in a Kaiser/Veterans Affairs Department health data exchange pilot program in…
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RSA: Identity Theft Challenges for Healthcare
Tony Kontzer reports: The phenomenon of medical identity theft is on the rise, and healthcare companies face more challenges in addressing the issue than their counterparts in the financial services industry, a panel of experts agreed Thursday at the RSA 2010 conference in San Francisco. The Federal Trade Commission estimates the number of American patients…
File-Sharing Software Potential Threat to Health Privacy – Study
A research report on file-sharing risks that compares risks for personal financial information to personal health information: Khaled El Emam, Emilio Neri, Elizabeth Jonker, Marina Sokolova, Liam Peyton, Angelica Neisa, Teresa Scassa. The inadvertent disclosure of personal health information through peer-to-peer file sharing programs. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2010; 17: 148-158. ABSTRACT…
ER worker accused of stealing dying man’s credit cards
This is not the first time we’ve heard about hospital workers stealing dying patients’ credit cards or information, but it is nonetheless distressing. Candice Ferrette reports on a case at Westchester Medical Center in NY, where a patient care technician in the emergency room has been accused of stealing credit cards from a dying plane…
Lawsuit filed against Elgin clinic over P2P breach
Steven Ross Johnson reports on a lawsuit involving P2P filesharing and patient data: Officials from a local medical clinic remained silent Monday about claims they allowed sensitive information on AIDS patients to be leaked. Calls to the Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin, 164 Division St., were not returned Monday. The allegations, made in a…
Medical Files Left in Recycle Bins
Tisha Thompson reports: A visit to the doctor’s office is supposed to make you feel better, from a sore throat to wheezing and coughing. But some patients are now feeling sick to their stomachs after FOX 5 uncovered a serious threat to their privacy. This story started after a viewer contacted us concerned about what…