There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted in April 2013. From the Indiana Attorney General’s Office: Indianapolis – The state has reached a settlement with former Kokomo-area dentist, Dr. Joseph Beck, for mishandling medical records containing sensitive information of more than 5,600 patients. The Attorney General’s Office sued Beck for failing to protect personal information…
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Hospital owners and doctors had no standing in its bank or patient records
John Wesley Hall writes: The operator of a small hospital corporation with at most 25 employees had no standing in the bank records of the corporation. Because they might have standing in their own offices doesn’t translate into standing over bank records. As to patient records, HIPAA confidentiality requirements don’t translate into standing to contest…
CO: Patient given others' records in her discharge records
A patient who was recently discharged from The Medical Center of Aurora claims that she was also given the medical information of 20 other patients in her file. The Colorado-based hospital allegedly gave Karen Billings seven pages of operating room records after her Nov. 22 hospital release, according to a Fox31 report. Read more on HealthITSecurity.com.
When a Patient’s Death is Broadcast Without Permission
Charles Ornstein, ProPublica reports: This story was co-published with the New York Times. Anita Chanko could not sleep. At 4 a.m., on an August night in 2012, she settled onto the couch in her Yorkville living room with her dog, Daisy, and her parrot, Elliott, and flipped on the DVR. On came the prior night’s episode…
Yet another California entity notifies patients of a laptop stolen from a car. #SHEESH
Oh, for pity’s sake (you can substitute more colorful language if you are so inclined). DJO Global has sent out a notification about the theft of a backpack from a DJO consultant’s car on November 7 in Roseville, Minnesota. The backpack contained a laptop computer that had password protection (but not any encryption). For some…
Physicians Skin & Weight Centers notifies patients after laptop and hard drive stolen from employee's car
It’s not up on HHS’s public breach tool nor on their own web site, but a copy of the following notice from Physicians Skin & Weight Centers was sent to the California Attorney General’s web site: To past and current patients of Physicians Skin & Weight Centers, Inc: On November 4, 2014, an employee’s vehicle was…