Laura Bennett and Alex Wainwright report: An investigation is ongoing after a bag of patient records from a Bedworth surgery was found on the street. Paperwork containing confidential information from patients at Dr Reily and Partners at the Bedworth Health Centre was found by a member of the public in Nuneaton. It is believed that…
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AZ: Urology clinic discovers improper disposal of some patient information
Lydia Camarillo reports: Your medical information may be at risk after local clinic, Urological Associates of Southern Arizona, found problems after a recent investigation. In a release from the company saying an alarming discovery was recently made in May. Some employees at their Tanque Verde and Green Valley clinics did not dispose of patient urine specimen…
Employee of Cancer Specialists of Tidewater stole more than 2,000 patients' identity information
Prue Salasky reports: Newport News-based Riverside Health System has announced a security breach at Cancer Specialists of Tidewater, a Riverside-owned practice with offices in Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Chesapeake. More than 2,000 patients have potentially been affected by a team member accused of identity theft. The female employee charged, a medical assistant at the practice from August 2012…
FL: Search warrant for medical records were sealed; they need to be opened for investigation but still protect the rights of patients
John Wesley Hall points to a case in Florida that may be of interest to this blog’s readers: Search warrants were used to obtain patient medical records of alleged illegal pain management clinics that implicated the privacy rights of the patients, and they were sealed, amounting to an order of suppression. The circuit court is…
Essentia Health in Fargo acknowledges 'breach of patient information'
Patrick Springer reports: FARGO – About 430 Essentia Health patients recently received notice of a “breach of patient information” resulting from a marketing firm’s involvement in promoting an education seminar for patients. A letter touting a “free educational event” was sent June 6 to patients suffering from lower back symptoms, inviting them to learn about…
UK: Dental patients' records stolen in burglary
Dan Cain reports: Patients of a dental surgery in Broadwater were informed confidential records had been stolen three months after the theft took place. Broadwater Gentle Dental in Broadwater Road, was burgled between 9.10pm on March 4 and 7.20am on March 5. Cain reports that the practice had only recently been taken over by Dr…