Garrett Haake reports: The disposal of a still-unknown number of patient records in a dumpster outside Research Medical Center last month could soon become an even more costly mistake for physicians group Midwest Women’s Healthcare Specialists. This week, a Kansas City attorney filed a class action lawsuit against the group on behalf of some of the women…
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New Colorado law seeks to protect patient record privacy
Andis Robeznieks reports: Discussions over taxing cosmetic medical procedures such as Botox injections led to a new law in Colorado that limits the state Department of Revenue’s ability to audit personal medical information, and has set in motion a process to further strengthen medical privacy safeguards. Rep. Dianne Primavera, a cancer survivor and Democratic chairwoman of the state House…
Update to Sutherland breach
Add 3,497 more Los Angeles County patients to the over 220,000 affected by the Sutherland breach previously noted on this blog. Update: The L.A. Times notes the total count for this breach is now up to about 342,000.
MO: Medical records found blowing in wind outside Research Hospital
Garrett Haake reports: At least several dozen, but possibly hundreds, of confidential medical records were scattered to the winds outside Research Hospital on Monday afternoon, potentially exposing the personal and medical information of scores of former patients of Midwest Women’s Healthcare. […] The man collected some 70 patient records and provided them to 41 Action…
Commentary: We need a congressional inquiry into the MCCCD breach
President Truman had a sign on his desk that said, “The buck stops here.” We could use more of that accountability when it comes to data breaches in the education sector. Back in 2006, when I first began blogging about data breaches on PogoWasRight.org, I covered a series of breaches at Ohio University. One of the things that…
LabMD Files Appeal, Takes Fight Against FTC Back to 11th Circuit
From Cause of Action, who are representing LabMD in their battle with the FTC: Today, Cause of Action (CoA) is filing an emergency appeal on behalf of LabMD, following a federal judge’s ruling that he lacked jurisdiction even while telling the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “the public is served by guiding people beforehand rather than beating them…