WFMY reports: Thursday, officials at Cone Health admitted to a small data breach after letters sent from one of its facilities were addressed to the wrong patients. The hospital is notifying those 2,076 people who are patients of the Southeastern Heart and Vascular Center. The breach was the result of a clerical error and because of…
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Ca: AHS contacting nearly 250 patients after privacy breached
Reid Southwick reports: Alberta’s health authority is apologizing for a major privacy breach after a staffer at Alberta Children’s Hospital inappropriately accessed nearly 250 patient files over a 14-year period. Alberta Health Services noticed the breach during audits of two patient databases, finding the same staff member had accessed personal information of hundreds of patients,…
Laptops With Patient Data Stolen From Gaffney Clinic
Mike Manzoni reports: Two laptops with private patient data were stolen from a Gaffney health care clinic Monday, police said. Investigators said the thief or thieves broke into Novant Health Gaffney Family Medical Care on Stuard Street overnight either late Sunday or Monday morning and stole the laptops from an office. Police said the health…
Two Canadian doctors charged with misusing patient information
Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
Cedars-Sinai revises breach estimate in stolen laptop case; over 33,000 patients impacted
Cedars-Sinai has updated its breach disclosure to indicate that 33, 136 patients had protected health information on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home this summer. Read more on Los Angeles Times.
NZ: Hospital patient takes peek at info of others
The Dominion Post reports: A breach of privacy by a patient in Hutt Hospital‘s emergency department has been referred to police. Hutt Valley District Health Board chief executive Graham Dyer has confirmed that on September 8 a patient was able to view information about other patients on an unattended computer. “As soon as this issue…