Gabe Cavallaro reports: Valley Family Medicine (VFM) in Staunton announced Friday that there was a breach of protected health information for some of its patients in mid-July. Two employees printed and misused a mailing list of 8,450 patient names and addresses. One of those employees then used that list to make postcard notifications informing certain…
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Ca: Privacy breach at Hay River clinic prompts discovery of 41 ‘irregularities’ with patient files
CBC News reports: The N.W.T. Health department says another privacy breach has occurred at a territorial health care facility — this time at a medical clinic in Hay River. As a result, it’s commencing a review of patient files. In a news release, the department says an internal audit was conducted by the Hay River Health…
Ca: Patients of marijuana dispensary upset after personal information shared in email
Jacquie Miller reports: The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Gloucester has apologized after emails were accidentally sent to 24 patients that revealed the names and addresses of all the store’s customers. “Some people were obviously upset, for good reason,” said Charlie Cloutier, owner of Greenworks Medicinal on Canotek Road. Staff phoned all the…
UK: NHS workers warned about consequences of snooping into patients’ medical records
NHS employees who are tempted to look at patient records without a valid legal reason should consider the potential implications for both themselves and the health service. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the warning after an NHS administrator was fined for repeatedly accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Nicola Wren…
Carolina Oncology Specialists notifies 1,551 patients of possible breach
This notice on Carolina Oncology Specialists‘ web site, linked prominently from their home page, is a bit different than what we usually read: We want to make you aware of a situation we are working with local authorities to investigate. We received several credit card applications addressed to three of our patients with our street…
Austin Manual Therapy Associates patient data hacked – TheDarkOverlord
Austin Manual Therapy Associates (AMTA) has two locations in Austin, Texas. They also have a very professional-looking web site and pictures of smiling and professional-looking physical therapy staff. What they don’t have at this time, though, is any statement on their web site indicating that their patient data was hacked. And yet according to a spokesperson…