Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects no ill consequences. Administrator Hoyt Skabelund said the hospital was notified Sept. 24 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which developed the software PRMC uses to send…
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Blue Cross physicians warned of data breach
Kay Lazar reports: The largest health insurer in Massachusetts is warning roughly 39,000 physicians and other health care providers in the state that personal information, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised after a laptop containing the data was stolen in August from an employee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association’s national…
CA: Privacy at issue in marijuana regulation
Phillip Zonkel reports: A controversial item that critics have said would violate medical marijuana patients’ privacy rights is part of a proposal under review by the City Council, which would regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The proposal was discussed Monday by the City Council’s Economic Development and Finance Committee, but the item was not addressed. The…
Early detection through trending can save thousands of lives
Lucas Mearian reports: Mining electronic patient data to discover health trends and automate life-saving health alerts for patients and their doctors will be the greatest benefit of electronic medical records (EMR), but a survey released today finds a lack of standards, privacy concerns by hospitals and patients and technology limitations is holding back progress. Hundreds…
New abortion law challenged in Oklahoma
Robert Kahn reports: Two Oklahoma women are challenging a new state law set to take effect next month that requires publication of an “Annual Abortion Report” and forces doctors to give details about their patients under threat of criminal sanctions and loss of their medical license, according to a suit in Oklahoma County Court. The…
Woman sentenced for bank account theft
A woman who stole about $72,000 from the bank accounts of patients and dentists at dental offices where she worked as an office manager was sentenced today to five years and four months behind bars. The plea bargain for Emily Marie Forbes included a recommendation that she be allowed to serve her custody in a…