Bruce Krasnow reports: One of the busiest medical clinics in Santa Fe has reported a security breach affecting patients who were treated at Santa Fe Family Health Center during two weeks in July. The clinic, 2801 Rodeo Road, released a statement Friday afternoon saying the breach occurred July 14 for patients who had office visits…
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Tampa General Hospital employee accessed personal patient information
TBO reports: Tampa General Hospital terminated an employee who improperly accessed the personal information of 675 patients. Without authorization, the employee accessed single-page cover sheets that included patient names, addresses, birthdays, diagnoses and insurers, a hospital official said. Some of the sheets included social security numbers. The hospital is not sure what happened to all…
D&J Optical sues former employees for misappropriation of patient/proprietary information
D&J Optical in Alabama reported a breach to HHS that appears to have involved a hacking/IT incident on November 15, 2013. It is not clear when they first reported the breach to HHS, but it was only added to HHS’s breach tool on August 25. The incident reportedly affected 1,100 patients. In attempting to investigate the…
Midwest Women's Healthcare Specialists breach may have affected over 1,300 patients
HHS has added the May breach involving Midwest Women’s Healthcare Specialists in Missouri, where “dozens, possibly hundreds” of former patients’ records were found blowing in the wind outside Research Hospital. The HHS entry indicates that 1,376 patients were possibly affected and/or notified of the improper disposal of their records.
Security lapse by Diamond Computing exposed Diatherix patients' information on the Internet for 22 months
Diatherix Laboratories in Alabama posted this notice on their site about a breach involving Diamond Computing Company: On August 7, 2014, the Compliance Officer of Diatherix Laboratories, Inc. notified 7,016 individuals across the United States that their protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed in connection with a security lapse. Background Information Diatherix provides clinical laboratory testing…
Central Utah Clinic reports server containing 31,677 patients' information was breached in 2012
On August 7, Central Utah Clinic, P.C. posted a breach notification on their web site: PUBLIC NOTICE: Potential Central Utah Clinic HIPAA Breach PROVO, Utah. (Aug. 7, 2014) — Central Utah Clinic is committed to the protection of patient privacy and is notifying 31,677 patients, by letter, of a potential personal health information breach. On…