KRQE reports a breach involving patients data from University of New Mexico Hospital: UNM Hospital is notifying more than 2,800 patients of a data breach. They say that limited medical information may have been mailed to a wrong address due to a technical issue with the hospital’s billing systems. Information like the names of patients, their…
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Ca: Rexall hands out patient’s confidential health records to wrong person
CityNews reports: When Maureen Pittman picked up her prescription from a Mississauga Rexall, she didn’t expect to be bringing home another patient’s entire confidential medication history. [… The 6-page] medication history contains the patient’s name, address, phone number, Ontario Health Insurance number, what medications were prescribed and what they are generally used for. Once Pittman realized…
EHR/EMR hacks impact Connecticut and Pennsylvania patients
Stamford Podiatry Group in Stamford, Connecticut is notifying patients that their network was comprised and electronic health records (EHR) may have been accessed and copied. Although forensics examination was unable to determine with certainty exactly what data were exfiltrated, Dr. Rui DiMelo, Vice President of Stamford Podiatry Group, informed patients that unauthorized persons obtained “covert”…
CA Health & Longevity Institute patients notified of Bizmatics breach
Seen on dailynews.kaango.com, another Bizmatics client discloses the breach to their patients: (DAILY NEWS) PUBLIC NOTICE: HIPAA Breach Notification. CA Health and Longevity Institute would like to alert patients that in 2015 cyber intruders may have accessed confidential patient information that was stored on an electronic health record system. The clinic uses an electronic health…
VA: Associates in Eye Care notifies patients of breach
Associates in Eye Care notified HHS on May 16 about an incident affecting 971 patients. DataBreaches.net could find nothing on their web site about the incident. The Prince William Times ran a small item that may be related, but the following incident occurred in Virginia, and the HHS report gave Kentucky as the state. Associates in Eye…
UK: Data watchdog probe as patient records go missing in transit
Press Association reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating problems with a national service for transporting patient records after GPs complained some were going missing. NHS England has commissioned private firm Capita to run the Primary Care Support England service, which handles GP payments, medical supplies, moving records and patient registrations. It has contracted CitySprint,…