Have I ever mentioned that I’m old, and I forget things? Thanks to Healthcare IT News for reminding me that I should have mentioned a recent breach involving OrthoCare Medical Equipment, LLC. I had posted it to DataLossDB.org, but forgot to post it here. On February 14, OrthoCare learned that a binder with 93 patients’ information…
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Medical Industry Under Attack By Chinese Hackers
If you’re not scared already, this might do it. Kelly Jackson Higgins reports: Multiple gangs of Chinese cyberespionage hackers are now targeting the healthcare and medical/life sciences industries. Most every industry is fair game for cyberespionage these days — so it’s no surprise that the healthcare and medical industry would come up on the list…
Massachusetts EMR firm reports breach
Here’s another case, not yet reported in the media, involving insider wrongdoing and electronic medical records: On Tuesday, Lawrence Melrose Medical Electronic Record, Inc. in Melrose, Massachusetts notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’ office that an employee of a medical practice improperly accessed the EMRs and patient registration information of patients at six medical practices…
Can Covered Entities Utilize Text Messaging and Text Paging Without Violating HIPAA?
Lynn Sessions and Cory Fox write: Text messaging allows healthcare providers to deliver simple, relevant, and customizable health information instantaneously to their patients, like reminders to obtain a vaccine, take a medication or come to an important follow-up appointment. Text paging, a form of text messaging frequently used by healthcare professionals, can help ensure patient…
NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers
Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…
HHS update to breach tool shows laptop theft is not a thing of the past, Part 2 (updated)
Updated to include details of the DentaQuest of Florida breach. HHIS updated its breach tool this week, adding a baker’s dozen of incidents. I did some digging to find details for the reports we did not know about already. Some of what I found was reported in Part 1, here. The following were also included…