Patient records from Heyman Hospice Care were scattered all over streets in west Rome around 10:00 this morning. City police have confirmed that records were found on the streets in the area of Howell Motor Cars near Division Street. When contacted, officials from the Hospice indicated that any comment would have to come from the…
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Human error to blame for Grady data breach
Craig Schneider reports: Private medical records of Grady Memorial Hospital patients were made public on the Internet, in a way that has become an increasing concern to information security experts. Human error — not hackers — apparently caused the medical records of 45 patients to make their way onto an unsecured Web site in July,…
UK: Private companies could get access to millions of NHS medical records
nbsp; The Government is considering giving firms access to a massive computer database which will contain the records of almost every man, woman and child in England. The information is a goldmine for private companies, who could use it for medical research or for helping them to sell products to the NHS. But privacy campaigners…
IE: HSE confirms five laptops stolen over the past year
Eithne Donnellan reports: FIVE LAPTOPS, at least three of them with patients’ personal details, have been stolen from the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the past year, it was confirmed yesterday. Details of the theft of one of the laptops from a staff member’s home were reported last week, but yesterday the HSE confirmed that…
Health Information Technology: HHS Has Taken Important Steps to Address Privacy Principles and Challenges, Although More Work Remains
From the GAO report released yesterday: Summary Although advances in information technology (IT) can improve the quality and other aspects of health care, the electronic storage and exchange of personal health information introduces risks to the privacy of that information. In January 2007, GAO reported on the status of efforts by the Department of…
VA: Nurse who stole dead man's credit card gets 30 days
Duane Bourne reports: Matthew Wiseman, a registered nurse who pilfered a dead patient’s credit card, was ordered to serve a month in jail on Wednesday. The 24-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to credit card theft and credit card fraud, used the card of Michael Puopolo in March to buy a laptop computer hours after the…