Stephen Hunt reports: One of two men charged in connection with obtaining stolen medical records containing personal information for 1.5 million University Hospital patients accepted a plea deal Monday. Shadd Dean Hartman, 37, and Thomas Howard Anderson, 52, were each charged with one count of second-degree felony theft by receiving stolen property and one count…
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Putting data breach genie back in bottle? Good luck
Over on FierceHealthIT, Anne Zieger writes: […] The problem is, nobody can put the data breach genie back in the bottle once it’s gotten out. Once data has been compromised, even a company with the billions in revenue enjoyed by TJX can make consumers feel completely insecure. And paying a huge settlement won’t do a…
Online Comments Lead To Privacy Complaint
Karen Welles of WPXI reports: From April 2003 until the end of last year, the federal government has received nearly 1,500 complaints from patients in Pennsylvania, alleging privacy violations under HIPAA. One case has angered local women so much that they switched doctors. It centers on a myspace page created in the name of Stephanie…
UK: Rogue doctor accessed files for ‘unknown reasons’
Helen Puttick reports: Seven prominent BBC journalists are among a group of patients who have been warned that their personal health records may have been inappropriately accessed by a doctor. In a letter from NHS Fife, the patients, who include presenter Jackie Bird and Elizabeth Quigley, the reporter wife of Finance Secretary John Swinney, have…
CA: Private medical records found in trash
Salvador Hernandez reports: Boxes with documents detailing confidential patient information, such as Social Security numbers and personal medical history, were found discarded next to a medical office building, which officials said could be a violation of patient confidentiality laws. The documents, which were retrieved by a doctor about 90 minutes after they were discovered, could…
University of Utah follow-up: Plea deal offered in stolen medical records case
KSL reported on Nov. 14: Prosecutors say they’ve offered a plea deal to two men accused of obtaining stolen medical records. Thomas Anderson and Shadd Hartman each are charged with one count of felony theft by receiving stolen property and a count of unlawful possession of another’s identification documents. The Salt Lake Tribune reports prosecutors…