It may be a measure of how blasé we’ve become about data breaches. Today’s newly revealed Health Net breach reportedly affected 1.9 million members, employees, and providers. Now that’s a huge number, right? But I guess some in the media decided that a headline with 1.9 million just wasn’t sexy enough, because tonight I see…
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NB Privacy commissioner probes storage of medical records
Tammy Scott-Wallace reports: The province’s access to information and privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the proper safekeeping of medical records in light of concerns in the Sussex area. Last month patients of Dr. Cathy Hurd, who left her practice in Sussex before Christmas to work outside the province, were outraged when they received…
PA: Physicians group wants to drop federal lawsuit
Tim Darragh reports: A subsidiary of Lehigh Valley Health Network that sued a physician group over an alleged breach of confidential patient information now wants to drop the complaint. Lehigh Valley Physician Group, the subsidiary, Monday filed a brief in federal court in Allentown seeking to drop its complaint against MDVIP Inc. of Boca Raton,…
Ca: New legislation to beef up privacy protocols for medical information
Adam Bowie reports: Officials with the Horizon Health Network say new health legislation will provide better guidance for medical professionals about how they should record, access and use a patient’s personal medical information. The Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act was proclaimed in New Brunswick on Sept. 1 – a piece of legislation that…
Maryland reports reveal yet more breaches
Thanks to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, I just received copies of the 22 breach reports they received in January of this year. They’ll be sending me the rest of the reports received this year in the very near future. Looking through what they sent me, I see that we knew about the majority of…
Hundreds of Ont. patient health files stolen
If you’re going to have a breach, you probably don’t want the authorities finding out about it from the media instead of from you. CBC News reports: The head of Ontario’s privacy watchdog says she “hit the roof” after hearing from CBC News that a computer memory stick containing the medical files of hundreds of…