John Ferrugia reports: Two bio-medical computers containing data from tests on about 239 VA patients have been stolen from a pulmonary lab at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Denver. These are computers used to record data from pulmonary function tests for the patients and were in a locked pulmonary lab. Read more on The Denver…
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UC Irvine notifying patients after keylogger exfiltrated patient data for six weeks
The University of California – Irvine is notifying patients of a data security breach involving their medical information. On March 26, UC Irvine discovered that one of the computers in the UC Irvine Student Health Center had been infected with a virus. They subsequently verified that two other computers also were infected. “The three computers were infected…
Ca: Eastern Health Authority discloses employee improperly accessed 20 patients' records
CBC News reports: Eastern Health reported Tuesday that an employee inappropriately accessed 20 patient records in a privacy breach. According to a release from the health authority, the administrative employee has resigned in light of the investigation. Read more on CBC. A statement linked from Eastern Health’s home page says: May 13, 2014 – St….
Two NYU College of Dentistry employees busted last year for stealing and misusing patient credit card information
Larry Celona and Christina Carrega-Woodby report: A marijuana bust led police to uncover a massive identity theft operation that officials at the prestigious university tried to hush up, law enforcement sources told The Post. Joel Scott and James Giscombe Jr., who work with patients treated at the school, were busted last summer for allegedly lifting…
Greenwood Leflore Hospital notifies patients whose old x-rays were stolen
Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Mississippi has notified 3,750 patients after five bins of old x-rays with limited patient information was stolen from hospital grounds. From the notice posted on their website: Notice to Patients of X-Ray Films Made in 2007 or Earlier That Were Removed from the Hospital Without Authorization We are providing this…
UK: Surgery apologizes for exposing patient information on the Internet
Ugh. The Daily Echo reports: A Hampshire doctors’ surgery has apologised after confidential data about more than 100 patients was made public. A major IT glitch resulted in information about patients at the Fordingbridge Surgery, including their names, addresses and NHS numbers, accidentally appearing online. A house-hunter was researching a property in the area when an Internet…