In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster. In the statement Prompt Med wrote: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week….
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Ex-hospital worker arrested in ID thefts
East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a former Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center employee for allegedly stealing the personal information of 46 patients. Authorities say 25-year-old Damian Raby took the information in 2006 when he worked for the hospital and since then has opened 46 debit cards and has fraudulently…
4 years in prison for hospital worker
As a follow-up to a case covered previously: A hospital worker who admitted to stealing about 20 patient records a week out of Saint Anthony Hospital to give them to a convicted counterfeiter was sentenced on Monday to four years in the Department of Corrections. Dawn Philbin, 51, reached a plea deal in Denver County…
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In the justice system: Alexis Brooke Faison of Durham was charged with 10 counts of identity theft and using a computer to collect fraudulent information following a month-long investigation by Alamance County and Durham detectives. More. A Wendy’s worker, Demetrish McAllister, has been arrested and charged with keeping and using customers’ debit cards. More. In…
Pfizer And Private Access Announce Plans To Develop Online Community To Accelerate Clinical Research
From their press release: Recognizing that patient participation in clinical trials is the key to progress in medical research, Pfizer Inc announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Private Access, the innovator in privacy-enhanced search technology, to create a new online community aimed at increasing clinical trial awareness and participation. The site…
Woman accused of thefts at dental offices arrested
A 48-year-old woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from patients at the dental offices where she worked has been arrested, authorities said yesterday. Emily Marie Forbes was taken into custody Tuesday at Scripps Ranch Family Dentistry on Scripps Trail, said El Cajon police Lt. Tim Henton. She is accused of bilking 18 people out…