A very disturbing identity theft case where if the charges are true, impacted medical care. CHICAGO — An alleged con man has been charged in federal court with holding himself out as a psychiatrist and fraudulently prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 36, used the identity of an…
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GA: Veteran given 10 other patients’ records by Atlanta V.A. Medical Center
George Franco reports: A Vietnam veteran from Canton is upset after receiving his medical records, and those of ten other people from the V.A. Medical Center in DeKalb County. Ken Newton told FOX 5 he retrieved his medical files for his attorney in a possible lawsuit concerning Agent Orange. Ken Newton pulled out his medical…
Almost 31,000 patients notified after laptop stolen from business associate Seim Johnson
From the ah-so-that-explains-it dept.: I had emailed Seim Johnson yesterday to inquire about a breach they reported to HHS that affected 30,972 patients. According to HHS’s breach tool, the incident, reported on February 8, involved the theft of a laptop. I haven’t received a response from Seim Johnson yet, but Community Hospital patients in McCook,…
Jackson Health: ‘Rogue’ employee suspected of stealing private patient information
Daniel Chang reports: A ‘rogue’ employee at Miami-Dade’s public hospital network, Jackson Health System, was placed on administrative leave for suspicion of stealing reams of private patient information over the last five years in a scheme that may have compromised more than 24,000 records, according to hospital officials. Evelina Reid, a hospital unit secretary and…
Eight months after laptop theft, Oceans Acquisitions notifies patients
Strike 1: Storing PHI on inactive or terminated patients on a mobile device. Strike 2: Leaving a laptop with unencrypted PHI in an unattended car. Strike 3: Not knowing you had PHI on the stolen laptop. If this was baseball, I’d call Oceans Acquisitions out. But it’s not, so… As seen on TXheadlines.com: an explanation…
MI: 700 Letters sent to wrong patients at Borgess Rheumatology
WWMT reports that Borgess Rheumatology is notifying approximately 700 patients who received letters intended for other patients. The mailing error occurred on December 9, 2015, and the medical practice learned of their error on December 10 and began contacting affected patients. According to a statement the news channel received, the letters contained names of patients and the…