Tara Bradbury reports: With her daughter undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer, it’s understandable that Holly Denine’s heart jumps up in her throat every time her phone rings and a 777 number appears. Thursday morning, it happened — but it wasn’t bad news about the health of six-year-old Nevaeh. Eastern Health managers were calling to let…
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AU: Five people charged for defrauding Medicare of more than $500,000 after police found thousands of stolen patient records
Martha Azzi reports: Five people have been charged with using fake and stolen medical records to defraud more than $500,000 from Medicare. Patient records illegally taken from a string of medical clinics in Sydney’s southwest have been used to lodge thousands of fraudulent claims, police say. Read more on Daily Mail.
Premier Healthcare notifying 200,000 patients after laptop with PHI stolen from office (UPDATE3)
UPDATE: The stolen laptop was recovered on March 7. See the update here. Original story: Lauren Slavin reports: Premier Healthcare patients are being notified of a possible data breach after a laptop with personal patient information was apparently stolen from the Bloomington office. More than 200,000 Premier Healthcare patients’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers and…
Ca: Medical files of 4,000 Vancouver patients stolen, raising alarms
Susan Lazaruk reports: Thieves who burgled a West Broadway office last month stole the personal medical files of 4,000 Vancouver patients, likely by far the largest privacy breach of medical records in B.C. in 10 years or longer. […] The theft of the 4,000 medical histories, which included names, addresses and B.C. Care Card numbers,…
CA: ‘Phishing’ scam nets patient info from City of Hope employees’ email accounts
It feels like I’m seeing more phishing reports that hacking reports this past week. Ken Stone reports: Some patient information was unlawfully accessed as a result of a “phishing” attack that targeted the email accounts of several City of Hope staffers, the Duarte cancer research and treatment facility reported Friday. The data breach, which took place the…
UK: Eight patients’ records are accidentally leaked from Ayr Hospital
Stuart Wilson reports: Top secret files belonging to EIGHT strangers were shared with a woman discharged from Ayr Hospital. The confidential information – also copied to the woman’s doctor – is now at the centre of a high level investigation. NHS Ayrshire & Arran face a grilling from Scotland’s Information Commissioner. Read more on Daily…