A recent post on a FACTA-related lawsuit touched a nerve for at least one reader. Erick Mann, ID Theft Group Security Specialist, sent me the following, which he’s given me permission to post here: I have found that the conversation sounds like a loop on a tape recorder: “We’re fine, that doesn’t apply to us”…
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(follow-up) NE: Hastings Regional Center must release names
Denise Booker of KHAS-TV reports: The fight to release the names of those buried at the Hastings Regional Center is now over. The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state to release nearly 1,000 patient names from the former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The Adams County Historical Society has battled for almost 2 years to make…
Identity theft, privacy and information security — executive coaching (part 3)
In this article, Joe Campana discusses safe harbor and cites a 2007 Illinois Supreme Court opinion from Bagent v. Blessing Care Corporation, d/b/a Illini Community Hospital (pdf). Campana writes, in part: An Illinois Supreme Court Case illustrates safe harbor. A health care employee divulged personal health information of a patient in a conversation with…
UK: Legality of GMC confidentiality guidance questioned
Doctors who follow new GMC confidentiality guidance could be breaking European law, experts have warned. The draft guidance outlines conditions in which patient data may be disclosed ‘in the public interest, without patients’ consent, and in exceptional cases where patients have withheld consent’. […] Sharing data for research will be ‘ethical but illegal’. Read more…
(update) TN: improper disposal of medical records (update 2)
Karen Zatkulak updates this story previously covered here: […] But police say these medical documents do mention several local facilities. Weary says, “Some procedures may have been performed at Hutcheson, Memorial, and Erlanger.” Weary says this case is now being investigated by federal officials who regulate HIPAA violations, and right now, police are not blaming…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Vicky L. Munn, a former supervisor with the St. Tammany District Attorney’s Office and Todd Kelly, a local private investigator, were each sentenced to three years’ probation for conspiracy to exceed authorized access to a governmental computer. According to court records, Munn sold over 48 criminal records to Kelly between 2003…