The Kirkbride Center in Pennsylvania is a 245-bed 245 comprehensive behavioral health care facility located in Philadelphia that provides acute psychiatric and addiction services. Philadelphia, Pa, November 19, 2014 – The Kirkbride Center(“Kirkbride”) is notifying the public, under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Breach Notification Rule, of the theft of a small number of…
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IL: Clay County Hospital Notifies Patients After Receiving Extortion Demand (updated)
Flora, IL. – December 15, 2014 –On November 2, 2014 Clay County Hospital received an anonymous email that contained protected health information of some clinic patients. The email sender threatened to release this information to the public if they did not receive a substantial payment from the hospital. The hospital immediately notified law enforcement and quickly launched…
TN: Hospice patient records found blowing along road
Nate Morabito reports: Several days after a Johnson County woman found sensitive medical records blowing on the side of Highway 67 in Butler those hospice records are safe and secure. The 23 Amedisys hospice records Sandra Rambo and her daughter found outside of her business earlier this month listed medical conditions, personal information, patient identification…
AU: Mental health group questions using tracking devices on patients
Isobel Roe: A mental health expert says a trial of GPS tracking devices on some Townsville mental health patients is likening them to criminals. The West Moreton health service was the first in Queensland to trial the ankle devices. Legislation in Queensland allows tracking devices to be fitted to the ankles of mental health patients…
Update: Baptist Primary Care employee stole 1,449 patients' info
The Baptist Primary Care breach, reported previously on this site, reportedly affected 1,449 patients, as per the covered entity’s notification to HHS.
FL: Emergency room nurse fired, accused of using patients' credit card info
The Herald-Tribune reports: A registered nurse has been fired and arrested after allegedly using patients’ credit card information to make personal purchases. While investigating separate fraudulent credit card cases, detectives determined the victims’ information had been stolen while receiving treatment at the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center‘s emergency room, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office….