Nevro Corporation in California provides what they call HF10 therapy devices for patients coping with chronic pain. After several laptops with patient data were stolen during an office burglary, they had to notify patients that their information was on the unencrypted devices: name, street address, birth date, procedure date, medical device identifiers (such as serial number),…
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NM: Dr. Zachary E. Adkins DDS, LLC notifies patients of stolen hard drive
Dr. Zachary E. Adkins DDS (“Dr. Adkins”) of Albuquerque New Mexico has advised its patients of a privacy event that may have compromised certain personal information. The events are the result of criminal activity. On November 30, 2017, a laptop bag containing an external hard drive from Dr. Adkins’ office was stolen. The hard drive…
Medical practice turns away patients due to Allscripts incident
You read press releases and sometimes, you wonder whether the entity is downplaying the impact. Anyway, I had been semi-following the reporting on the Allscripts ransomware attack and was almost believing that this was limited impact. Almost. Until I read Mike Brookbank’s reporting. It begins: It is some of the most intimate information about ourselves….
Withybush Hospital bosses apologize, launch investigation into insider snooping into patient records
Dave Parkinson reports: A former staff member at Withybush Hospital inappropriately accessed electronic patient hospital records, health bosses have revealed. Hywel Dda Health Board said it has written to 41 people to provide them with information and support after its own investigation identified the breach. The individual, an administrator at Withybush Hospital is no longer…
Pedes Orange County notifying patients after doctor found accessing EMR without authorization
Pedes Orange County, Inc. in California shares their medical facility with another medical group that conducts surgical procedures. To coordinate, it seems that they share a scheduling tool with other medical professionals in their building. Somehow – and it’s not yet clear to me how this happened in terms of access controls – a physician…
CY: Hospitals must digitise patients’ records, nearly 100 files missing, data watchdog says
Andrea Kades reports: Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Thursday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said this posed a serious risk and as outlined in the latest audit report for the…