Kate Aubusson reports: More than 700 public patients have had their privacy breached and potential delays in their follow up care after more than 1600 medical letters were found dumped in Sydney bin. NSW Health is investigating the incident involving a sub-contractor for a company tasked with transcribing medical letters sent from specialists to general practitioners,…
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Amedisys Home Health notifies patients after shredding bins found off-site
Amedisys Home Health of Fayetteville was recently informed that two bins used for collecting shredded materials from the Fayetteville care center were found in an enclosure behind a local business, and did not reach the vendor’s intended destination to a secure shredding facility. Read more on The Montgomery Herald.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital notifies 419 patients after employees snooped in their records
Molly Rosbach reports: Virginia Mason Memorial hospital sent out letters last week to 419 of its past emergency room patients, alerting them of a privacy violation. A routine internal audit revealed that from roughly October to January, 21 employees at the hospital had improperly accessed those patients’ records. Read more on The Yakima Herald. A…
New York State Inspector General Announces Arrest Of Psychiatrist Charged With Falsifying Inmate Patient Medical Records
April 14 – New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced the arrest of Morales D. Brown, a psychiatrist working for the New York State Office of Mental Health at its Central New York Psychiatric Center, on charges he stole over $6,524 from New York State by submitting falsified time and attendance records. Additionally,…
UK: Cumbrian patients in NHS fraud text blunder
Inexplicably, the word “bumbling” springs to mind. ITV reports: An NHS scare about a text message scam targeting patients was accidentally sparked by a genuine inquiry from the health service, a spokeswoman has said. NHS England warned members of the public in Cumbria and the North East on Tuesday, about a text which requested personal…
Tullamore Hospital patient’s information sent to wrong person after data blunder
If you’re going to misdirect a fax containing patient info, at least try not to misdirect it to the data protection commissioner’s fax number! Justin Kelly reports: A data breach at Tullamore Hospital is among 212 cases revealed today, the Irish Independent have reported. 212 data protection breaches, where patient’s private information was misused or mishandled,…