There were a number of year-in-review analyses for the healthcare sector, but now Protenus has released its report, which is based on analyses of 450 U.S. incidents first disclosed in 2016. The incidents were compiled by DataBreaches.net, who also provided some of the analyses. While some media outlets still headline external hacks where massive numbers of records…
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Northwest Community notifies patients of R-C Healthcare breach
It may seem like old news to you by now, but some patients affected by a third-party breach at R-C Healthcare are first finding out about it now. As reported previously on this site, R-C Healthcare had been notified by Bon Secours on June 14 that files with 655,000 of its patients’ records were exposed. The exposure…
WA: Highline Medical Center notifies 18,000 patients whose information was exposed on the Internet by third-party error
The R-C Healthcare Management error that resulted in Bon Secours notifying over 655,000 patients that their protected health information had been exposed on the Internet beginning in April also impacted CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center in Washington. But unlike Bon Secours, which had a current relationship with the vendor, Highline was no longer a client at the time of…
Former University of Maryland Medical Center employee sentenced for role in ID theft scheme
Associated Press reports that Kenneth Elliott McDowell , a Baltimore resident formerly employed at University of Maryland Medical Center and Bon Secours Hospital has been sentenced to time served and 6 months home detention for his role in an ID theft/fraud scheme. McDowell reportedly took patient records home “to hide that he was not completing his work…
Beach woman sentenced for stealing hospital patients’ information (follow-up)
Cindy Clayton reports: A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced to a year and one day in prison today for stealing the personal information of hospital patients. Nichole Easton, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in September to aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Easton had worked as…
VA: Emergency room clerk pleads guilty to identity theft of patient
Tim McGlone reports: Authorities say they stopped a local identity theft ring involving an emergency room clerk who stole patient data, a civic league official who is accused of using his neighbors’ personal information and two car salesmen accused of orchestrating the scam. […] The scheme involved using personal information from unknowing individuals in order…