In the justice system: A medical student at Saint Joseph College from Nigeria, was charged June 29 in federal court with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft affecting 80 victims. Cambridge police arrested Wayne Deleveaux for using government accounts from Mount Auburn Hospital to fraudulently buy hundreds of BlackBerry Storms last week. He reportedly had…
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NHS puts over 20,000 records at risk
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is issuing further warnings to NHS bodies about the importance of data security, after finding five more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. In one case, a ward hand-over sheet containing notes about patients’ health was left on a bus. The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust reported…
NHS puts over 20,000 records at risk
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is issuing further warnings to NHS bodies about the importance of data security, after finding five more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. In one case, a ward hand-over sheet containing notes about patients’ health was left on a bus. The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust reported…
Balancing privacy with better medical data
…. Some observers have decried risks to privacy associated with these plans. They have called for technological safeguards against unauthorized access and patient consent for any release of data from such files. But we ought to be worrying much more about inevitable pressures for authorized access. Creating an authoritative, fully centralized trove of all medical…
Public safety, health privacy, and the ADA thrown into the mess
Tyler Lopez of TheDenverChannel.com reports: The Kristen Parker case is highlighting one of the most common intersections in health care today: the constant balance between privacy laws and public health concerns. 26-year-old Kristen Parker worked as a surgical scrub technician at two Colorado medical facilities while infected with Hepatitis C, seeking no treatment, and potentially…
CVS, Walgreens settle with Indiana AG
Settlements have been reached between the Indiana Attorney General’s office and two pharmacy chains – CVS and Walgreens – to resolve data-breach complaints that customers’ medical information was improperly discarded in trash bins outside pharmacy stores. The agreement comes as the Attorney General begins a new concerted effort geared to address the growing problem of…