Jeff Landa reports: A health-care professional at Glendale Adventist Medical Center was fired Wednesday over a privacy breach involving hundreds of patient medical records. Glendale Adventist officials said in a statement on Friday that the protected health information of 528 patients was accessed without authorization by a hospital employee. The unauthorized access included 88 patient…
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The Medical Reports Of 43,000 People, Including HIV Patients, Were Accidentally Released Online
Pranav Dixit reports: The medical records of over 43,000 people have been accidentally made public after being put online by a pathology lab in Mumbai. The reports contain confidential details like names, addresses, dates of birth, and blood test results. They also include details of patients who have had blood tests done for HIV detection….
AU: Two more SA Health workers sacked for spying on patient records
Brad Crouch reports: Two more SA Health staff have been sacked in the past three months for spying on patient records, bringing the total to seven people terminated in the past year. Another staff member quit prior to the allegations being substantiated and a volunteer was also terminated, while four other staff members were disciplined….
Are some patients still first finding out about Ambucor breach?
How many clients of Ambucor Health Solutions – and how many patients – have been affected by an insider wrongdoing incident at the business associate earlier this year? We still don’t know, but here’s some of what we have found out. Gee, it would be nice if we had more transparency and business associates/vendors had to…
Personal information about Franciscan Health patients stolen
Stacia Glenn reports: A backpack containing personal and medical information about CHI Franciscan Health patients was stolen, prompting the health group to warn patients about possible identity theft. The theft occurred Oct. 18. Taken were a backpack, work laptop, cell phone, paper documents with patient information and a day planner containing the employee’s username and…
GA: Vascular Surgical Associates Notifies Patients of Hack (updated)
Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…