Max Roll reports: Around 4,400 people were recently sent letters by St. Mary’s Medical Center informing them of a cyber attack on several hospital employees’ email accounts that happened in January, according to Randy Capehart, St. Mary’s spokesperson. Hackers gained access to health information contained in the emails, according to Capehart. Patient information was compromised,…
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CA: Physician notifies patients after burglars steal credit card transaction records and patient charts
To past and current patients of Sharon J. Jones, M.D.: On the evening of January 8, 2015, our office was broken into and our 2014 credit card transaction register and approximately 350 patient charts were stolen. Upon discovery the following morning, the San PabloPolice Department was immediately notified and a formal police report was filed. Notification letters to all…
Blue Cross Blue Shield Nurse Accused Of Illegally Accessing Patient Records
Esme Murphy reports: A nurse with a history of narcotics theft illegally accessed a state database that contains prescription drug records for 1 million Minnesotans, all under the supervision of government entities that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. A WCCO-TV investigation found that, despite the nurse’s background, he was given access to…
AU: Answers sought after confidential medical records from Lyell McEwin Hospital found in other patient's files
Leah Maclennan reports: SA Health is investigating how confidential medical notes from three Lyell McEwin Hospital patients in Adelaide ended up in someone else’s file. Scott McKay’s mother spent time in the northern suburbs hospital with terminal cancer. Mr McKay said that after her death, he was looking through the notes she had kept and…
NZ: Southern District Health Board apologizes after spreadsheet with 60 patients' info sent to member of the public
Evan Harding reports that the Southern District Health Board is apologizing for a privacy breach that resulted from human error. A spread sheet containing the details of approximately 60 patients’ proposed surgery was inadvertently emailed to a member of the public. Read more on Press Reader.
Medical College of Wisconsin notifies patients of HIPAA breach after document stolen from doctor's car
Michele McCormack of CBS reports: The Medical College of Wisconsin is contacting hundreds of people after a patient privacy breach. A spokesperson says a document containing private information on approximately 400 patients and a laptop with information on one patient were stolen. It happened when somebody broke into a doctor’s car. There is no statement…