Yet another incident involving the theft of patient data in Florida by employees has been disclosed. In a letter to those affected, the University of Miami Health System writes: Based on information provided by law enforcement on July 18, 2012, the University of Miami Health System conducted an investigation that revealed that two University of…
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N.H. hospital: Records request raises privacy concerns
Maureen McKinney reports: Exeter (N.H.) Hospital is pushing back against New Hampshire investigators, arguing that the state’s request for access to hospital medical records in connection with a criminal investigation is a violation of patient privacy laws. The hospital received wide attention in July when David Kwiatkowski, a lab technician formerly employed at the hospital,…
BMO Harris Bank notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor
In the healthcare sector today, Harris County Hospital District reported a breach. In the financial sector, it’s BMO Harris Bank reporting a breach today. Any other Harris’s want to disclose a breach so we can have a Harris breach trifecta? Paul Gores reports: BMO Harris Bank said Thursday it has sent letters to an undisclosed number…
Privacy laws complicate exchange data-sharing: Pritts
Rich Daly reports: Strong state privacy laws continue to complicate health information exchanges’ efforts to ease health-data sharing, a senior federal health technology official said Monday. And a key to overcoming such obstacles may be greater use of meta tags. Joy Pritts, chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information…
CA: Audit Reveals Records Leak At Local Hospital
On the value of routine audits. Seek and ye may find…. Judy Bowers reports: Bear Valley Community Hospital contacted 102 patients to let them know their medical records had been breached. Rudy Shutta, acting CEO of Bear Valley Community Healthcare District and the chief financial officer, said the breach was discovered following a routine audit….
Breach Penalties: Comparing U.S., U.K.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee writes: The United Kingdom and the United States are both cracking down on healthcare organizations that have experienced information breaches. But they’re taking very different approaches. In the U.K., the emphasis is on publicizing frequent financial penalties, often for relatively small breach incidents. In the U.S., the focus has been on announcing…