MobilexUSA today formally notified affected Indiana patients of a possible breach of protected health information. As a precautionary measure, the company has retained on behalf of affected patients the services of Kroll Inc., a global leader in risk mitigation and response with extensive experience helping people who have sustained an unintentional exposure of confidential data….
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Women & Infants Hospital to Pay $150,000 to Settle Data Breach Allegations Involving Massachusetts Patients
There’s a follow-up to a breach disclosed in November 2012: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (WIH) has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to protect the personal information and protected health information of more than 12,000 patients in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. The consent judgment, approved…
NY: Sloane Stecker Physical Therapy notifies 2,000 patients of breach
Sloane Stecker Physical Therapy recently notified 2,000 patients of a breach: June 18, 2014 Re: HIPAA Breach Media Notification Sloane Stecker Physical Therapy, PC recently learned that certain protected health information, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, and potentially other private information, was taken without its authorization from its secure computer network. It is publishing this…
VA uses patient privacy to go after whistleblowers, critics say
Joe Davidson reports: Is the Department of Veterans Affairs hiding behind HIPAA to hit federal whistleblowers? Citing patient privacy, managers have threatened VA employees or retaliated against those who complain about agency misconduct, according to a key congressman and the union that represents most of the department’s employees. The “VA routinely uses HIPAA as an…
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates contacts patients after office burglary
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates in Sausalito, California has been notifying patients of breach it experienced on May 19, when their office was burglarized and three desktop computers were stolen. To their credit, patient information on the computers was encrypted – except for one Excel spreadsheet, it seems. In their July 10th letter to those affected, they write: We are…
MGH To Quiz All Patients About Use Of Alcohol And Illegal Drugs
CBS reports: Massachusetts General Hospital plans to begin questioning all patients about their use of alcohol and illegal drugs starting this fall, even if they are at MGH for a totally unrelated issue. Dr. Sarah Wakeman, director of substance abuse disorders at Mass. General, told WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Carl Stevens the purpose is to make…