Joseph Conn reports: The hospital association that operates a major Chicago-area health information exchange is suing its health information technology vendor that abruptly announced it will go out of business. The hospital Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, now merged with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, operates the MetroChicago HIE that connects more than 30 northeastern…
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If a Data Breach Occurs and Nobody Accesses Customer Data, Does it Constitute “Publication”?
As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog, data breach claims involving customer data can present an ever-increasing risk for companies across all industries. A recent case illustrates efforts to recover the costs associated with such claims. A panel of the Fourth Circuit confirmed that general liability policies can afford coverage for cyber-related liabilities, and ruled…
American College of Cardiology breach affects 1,400 institutions
Akanksha Jayanthi reports: The American College of Cardiology has notified 1,400 institutions some patient data may have been compromised after the data was inadvertently made available to a third party vendor. During a software redesign of the ACC’s national cardiovascular data registry, a table of patient data was copied into the software test environment sometime…
NJ: Woman sues hospital, claims HIV status was revealed in security breach
Anna Merriman reports: A security breach at a Plainsboro hospital resulted in one employee’s medical records and HIV-positive status being leaked to her coworkers, according to a recently filed lawsuit. The woman, a housekeeping aide with the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, claims she was hired there in 1988, according to a lawsuit…
American Fidelity Notifies Customers of Possible Data Disclosure
A press release from American Fidelity Assurance: American Fidelity recently learned of an incident that involves personal information of some of our Customers. The information did not include Social Security numbers. On February 15, 2016, debit card substantiation letters were mailed to some of our Customers. An error in the mailing process caused some of…
NY: Health care agency owner accused of stealing clients’ personal information
Serenity Care’s tagline on their web site is “putting a loving touch on home healthcare.” Maybe it should add, “and putting a touch on your wallet.” The owner of a private home health care agency is under arrest after a nine-month investigation. Allison Delong, 38, owns Serenity Care, which is based in Chatham. Police say Delong stole…