As a follow-up and update to a complaint initially reported here, Dinah Wisenberg Brin of Dow Jones Newswires reports: Consumer advocates and a national pharmacists’ group have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate possible violations of U.S. health-privacy rules by CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS), the combined…
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Follow-up: FBI looking at UMC records leak
Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun reports: The FBI said Friday it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. UMC officials spent Friday determining…
FL: Holmes flags hacked e-mail
Jeff Schweers reports: A power struggle at Brevard County’s largest hospital has taken a serious turn with allegations that the chief of the medical staff pilfered another doctor’s e-mail account and violated patient confidentiality laws. Dr. Richard Hynes, a back surgeon, has dropped his bid for election to a second term as president of the…
Ca: Alberta’s Bill 62 raises privacy concerns
Archie McLean reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner is raising concerns about a new bill that would allow paramedics to give police personal information about their patients. Bill 62, the Emergency Health Services Amendment Act, gives paramedics permission to tell police names, dates of birth and medical information about their patients, as well as general observations from…
Attorney General To Investigate Health Net Loss Of Almost 450,000 CT Consumers' Health, Personal Data
Statement by Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal on the Health Net breach reported previously on this site and which affected members in four states: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today his office will investigate Health Net’s loss of almost 450,000 Connecticut residents’ health, personal and financial information and its six-month delay in informing consumers and the…
Health Net Loses Information for 450,000 Clients: AG
Health Net, whose motto is “A Better Decision,” may have made a very very bad decision in not informing consumers of a breach involving their protected health information and sensitive personal information. Leanne Gendreau reports: The personal information for almost half a million Connecticut residents could be at risk after a hard drive disappeared from…