Michele Paduano reports: As many as 10,000 NHS patients may have been affected by a series of data protection breaches by a private firm. A leaked report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) revealed patient data was stored unencrypted by Birmingham company Diagnostic Health. The company, which carries out ultrasound scans for the NHS, said…
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Health records of nearly 34,000 patients stolen from Santa Rosa office
Elizabeth M. Cosin reports: A thumb drive containing health records of nearly 34,000 patients was stolen from a Santa Rosa medical office last week, officials said Wednesday. The drive was stolen June 2 from an unlocked employee locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center at 121 Sotoyome Dr., according to St. Joseph…
bcc failure: St. Francis notifies patients whose e-mail addresses were exposed in an e-mail
WTOC reports that St. Francis Hospital sent out the following news release on Monday, June 9: Protecting the personal information of our patients is one of our most important responsibilities. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an unintentional incident involving a limited number of patient email addresses. On Friday, May 30, 2014, St. Francis became aware that an…
Hospital fires employee who provided patient's syphilis records to ex-boyfriend
Over the weekend, more details emerged about the breach at U. of Cincinnati Medical Center that resulted in a patient’s syphilis diagnosis being posted to Facebook. The new details do not totally agree with claims in the woman’s lawsuit. Robert Scalese reports: According to the hospital, it was a financial services employee who accessed the…
Walgreens notifies patients after employee stole info and gave it to third party
Walgreens is notifying some patients that their names, dates of birth, and Social Security Number (in the form of Medicare ID number) was apparently stolen by an employee at the Piedmont Avenue location in Atlanta, Georgia. The employee reportedly provided the information to a third party. The theft occurred between March 3 and April 14,…
Patients of Kansas City health care provider file class action lawsuit over dumped records
Garrett Haake reports: The disposal of a still-unknown number of patient records in a dumpster outside Research Medical Center last month could soon become an even more costly mistake for physicians group Midwest Women’s Healthcare Specialists. This week, a Kansas City attorney filed a class action lawsuit against the group on behalf of some of the women…