Terrence T. McDonald reports: More than two months after a compact disc containing personal data of Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health patients went missing, hospital officials say the disc was found and no data was compromised.The CD, which was sent to an outside firm that reviews medical billing data back in June, was delivered earlier this month…
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University of Florida and Texas HHSC notify Texas WIN Project Medicaid patients of breach
The University of Florida and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) are partners for the Texas Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Project for Medicaid patients. In a newly disclosed breach, the University of Florida, acting as a partner of the HHSC, sent letters to Houston area physicians requesting health records for WIN project…
American Family Care alerts customers of stolen laptops containing patient information
Ryan Phillips reports: American Family Care of Birmingham is alerting customers following the theft of two laptops containing sensitive information from an employee’s vehicle earlier this summer. The laptops contain information concerning work-related injuries, physicals, immunizations and drug screens and were stolen in Marietta, Ga., according to a release from AFC. The company also wanted…
NZ: Call for extra patient privacy protection
Radio New Zealand reports: The Privacy Commissioner is warning the storage of millions of New Zealand’s health records online puts them at risk of cyber attacks and snooping. John Edwards released a new report on three electronic shared care record systems, that said while they were appropriately mitigating privacy risks, continued attention to privacy was…
KY: Owensboro medical practice reports patient data stolen by former employees
T.J. Parker reports: An Owensboro medical group is investigating a data breach after learning that former employees allegedly stole information from about 3,000 patients. Officials say they’re doing everything they can to protect their patients. Director of Research for Owensboro Medical Practice, Timothy Hillard, says he found out former employees of Doctor Vora allegedly stole…
CareCentrix notifies home care patients after their information found in possession of former employee who had been arrested
Hartford-based CareCentrix, Inc. is a home care network that contracts with health plans to provide home care services for their insured members. In that context, CareCentrix has access to personal and protected health information of those to whom they provide services. On August 11, law enforcement contacted CareCentrix and informed them that a former employee had…