The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services(HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement based on impermissible disclosure of protected health information (PHI). St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Inc. (St. Luke’s) has paid HHS $387,200 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule…
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Medical device containing patient information stolen from DePaul Hospital
Samantha Liss reports: SSM Health has notified 836 patients that their personal information may have been compromised after a medical device was stolen from DePaul Hospital. The device looks like a laptop and that’s likely why it was stolen — not because it contained patient information, SSM Health, owner of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, said…
Coney Island Hospital notifies patients of….. what?
Crain’s reports: A volunteer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island gained unauthorized access to the protected health information of nearly 3,500 patients, the hospital told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week. The volunteer in Coney Island’s phlebotomy department entered patient names in a logbook, cleaned up data storage areas and transported…
Charlotte medical practice worker sold patients’ private info for $10 apiece, feds say
Blake Hanson reports on an incident that was seemingly reported to federal regulators and patients last year, but flew under the media radar for the most part until criminal charges were revealed this week: Federal prosecutors have charged a Charlotte medical practice employee over accusations she sold patient’s private information to an identity thief. Keniona…
Email gaffe exposes more than 700 Rutland Regional Medical Center patient email addresses in survey request
April McCullum reports: Rutland Regional Medical Center is facing privacy questions after sending out a patient survey that revealed more than 700 email addresses. The hospital sent an electronic survey this month about how the hospital could improve its patient discharge paperwork, according to a copy obtained by the Burlington Free Press. Hundreds of email addresses in the “To”…
Walnut Place notifies patients of ransomware attack
From their press release: On March 13, 2017, LCS-WP LLC d/b/a Walnut Place (“Walnut Place”) leadership discovered that some of its systems had been infected with ransomware (a type of computer malware that encrypts files). Walnut Place’s investigation has revealed that the ransomware began affecting its systems on or around January 25, 2017 and was…