There’s an update to a case first noted on this site in July, 2013. The Tampa Tribune reports that Shakania Benton, 37, a former Tampa General Hospital unit coordinator for the hospital’s main operating room, has been indicted on charges she disclosed patient information in connection with a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Previously,…
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Wayne Memorial Hospital fired nurse’s aide who accessed patient records without authorization
PA Homepage reports: A security breach at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale causing concerns. Hospital officials tell Eyewitness News they have fired a nurses’s aide who they say accessed patient records without authorization. Now letters have been sent out to 390 people informing them their medical records, including social security numbers, insurance information and diagnoses…
Winnipeg patient health information stolen from nurse’s vehicle
CBC News reports: A bag that contained personal health information of Winnipeg patients was stolen from an on-duty nurse’s parked vehicle on Jan. 14, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said Tuesday. The nurse was working for the WRHA’s Community Intravenous Program. Data stolen from the vehicle included personal health information of as many as 67 patients, the WRHA said…
OH: Community Mercy Health Partners notifies patients after vendor improperly discarded patient records (UPDATED)
There’s an update to the update below. The incident was reported to HHS as impacting Community 113,528 patients’ records. Original post: There’s an update to a breach reported previously on this site. From a statement on their site: Community Mercy Health Partners (CMHP) and its hospitals, Springfield Regional Medical Center and Mercy Memorial Hospital, are committed…
California hematologist notifies patients after thief stole paper records with protected health information
Sometimes I find a breach listed on HHS’s public breach tool, but it’s a while before I can find out what happened. Such was the case with a breach reported by Michael S. Benjamin, MD, a California physician specializing in hematology and oncology. On December 28, Dr. Benjamin notified HHS of a breach affecting 1,300…
Alaska Orthopedic Specialists Notifies Patients of Security Incident
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 22, 2016 — Alaska Orthopedic Specialists has sent notification to all affected patients about a security incident involving information that was taken by a former non-physician employee. In March of 2015, Alaska Orthopedic Specialists, Inc., closed its medical practice in Anchorage, Alaska. In the course of closing the business later that year, the practice discovered that the…