Chris Fox reports: The Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic sent patients an email about an art competition, with hundreds of others CC-ed in. The clinic later tried to recall the message but the error had already been noticed. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which is responsible for the clinic, is investigating. Read more…
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OH: UC Health to Notify Patients of Phishing Incident
On September 4, UC Health in Cincinnati disclosed that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. In a press release posted on their site, they report that on July 6, they learned of a phishing attack that led to unauthorized access to “a limited number of UC Health…
Alberta Health Services warns 7,000 patients their personal health information compromised in email hack
CBC News reports: Alberta Health Services is notifying about 7,000 patients that their health information may have been compromised when a physician’s Gmail account was hacked. The doctor working at the Richmond Road Diagnostic Centre in Calgary improperly used a private account to transmit health information, AHS said in a release on Thursday. Read more…
Hospital Not Liable for Facebook Post of Patient Medical Records
Mary Anne Pazanowski reports that once again, a court has ruled that an employer is not liable for what an employee does if they the employee was not acting within the scope of their employment duties: An Indiana hospital isn’t liable for an employee’s unauthorized actions that allegedly led to the posting of a patient’s…
NZ: Medical centre receptionist dismissed after sharing patient history
Susan Edmunds reports: A medical centre receptionist has lost her job after telling a family gathering about a couple’s sexual health tests. The patients complained to the Privacy Commissioner when they discovered the woman had shared sensitive medical information about them. Read more on Stuff.
Western Connecticut Health Network notifying patients that their medical records were in a box that broken open during mailing
Rich Kirby reports: Nuvance Health, which operates the Western Connecticut Health Network, is warning patients that some of their medical records may have been compromised. On Monday, Nuvance released a statement that read in part: “On June 21, 2019, WCHN learned that a box containing medical records that it had sent via the United States…