One of the recent additions to HHS’s public breach tool was an entry for Graybill Medical Group in California, who reported a breach that affected 1,863 patients. A notice on their web site explains that on October 20, they notified affected patients whose protected health information was accidentally disclosed when x-ray films slated for secure destruction were mistakenly placed in…
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Security firm to start notifying patients of breaches or vulnerabilities that haven't been disclosed or addressed by the covered entities
So how many times have I said – here and on DataBreaches.net – that it’s much much better for breached entities to get out ahead of a breach disclosure than to have others disclose the breach? SLC Security has been investigating breaches – including those involving patient data. They tried – with limited success, it…
Update: Touchstone Medical Imaging breach affected over 307,000 patients
The Touchstone Medical Imaging breach has been added to HHS’s public breach tool, and it’s larger than than you might have thought: 307,528 patients were affected by the incident that inadvertently shared a folder with patient billing information. Although the breach was discovered on May 9 and affected patient billing records related to dates prior…
TX: Dallas warns that ‘small number’ of laptops containing patient information are missing from ambulances
Robert Wilonsky reports: Dallas City Hall revealed late Tuesday that “a small number” of laptops containing patient information have gone missing from Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulances. According to the city, those computers disappeared between January 1, 2011, and August 29, 2014. The city’s release did not say how many laptops were unaccounted for — or how…
University of California Davis Medical Center notifies 1,326 patients after doctor's email account compromised
The University of California Davis Medical Center (UC Davis Health System) is notifying patients of a breach that occurred on September 25. According to a letter signed by Shara Merritt Reed, Privacy Program Director for UC Davis Health System, on September 26, an IT employee detected abnormal activity in the email account of one of their providers….
Laptops stolen from Albertina Kerr's Gresham campus contained information on 1,300 psychiatric patients
Eric Apalategui reports: Two laptop computers stolen from Albertina Kerr‘s campus in Gresham may have carried sensitive medical information, including the identities, diagnoses and treatments for up to 1,300 current and former patients. The burglary occurred two months ago, likely on Aug. 6, when someone broke into a single office at Kerr’s crisis psychiatric care facility on Northeast…