From Mohit Joshi: If Dutch health minister Ab Klink has his way, the medical charts of all Dutch nationals will be stored in a single national database as of January 1. From that day onwards, the family doctor can read what the neurologist has written down about his patient, while the neurologist can study his…
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FL: Dental School Security Breach
University of Florida officials have notified about 330,000 current and former dental patients that an unauthorized intruder recently accessed a College of Dentistry computer server storing their personal information. The breach was discovered October third while college information technology staff members were upgrading the server and found software had been installed on it remotely. It…
Magee admits privacy breach in whistleblower filing
Walter F. Roche Jr. reports: Attorneys for Magee-Womens Hospital filed documents available on the Internet that included the names and confidential medical information of several patients, in what hospital officials called an inadvertent violation of federal law. The filings were made in the case of a former secretary at the UPMC facility who was fired…
Ca: Privacy spectre raised in lab clash
Tracy Tong reports: A plan to consolidate regional lab services could compromise the confidentiality of Ottawans’ health records, an area lawyer charged yesterday. The Champlain Local Health Integration Network – which includes 15 eastern Ontario hospitals, including Ottawa’s – is planning on consolidating many services at a “superlab†in partnership with an American company that…
TX: Computer Back Up Tapes Containing Personal Information Stolen
Scott Lawrence reports: KFDM News has learned police in Houston are investigating the theft of two computer back-up tapes containing the names and personal information of hundreds, and perhaps thousands of patients in the Christus Health Care system, including some in Beaumont and Port Arthur, as well as patients from other hospitals and doctors’ offices….
Pinellas Audit Reveals Confidential Files That Missed Shredder
Steven Girardi reports: Hundreds of confidential government documents have turned up in trash bags and garbage bins instead of being shredded as required by law, according to a Pinellas County audit. The documents from the county court houses, emergency medical services, the sheriff’s office, health and human services, the supervisor of elections office and other…