Posted on the website of University of Massachusetts Medical Center: Important Privacy Incident Notice for UMass Memorial Medical Center Patients UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of patient information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On March 6, 2014, we learned that an employee…
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FL: Villages Endoscopy & Surgical Center employee pleads guilty to stealing patient info for tax refund fraud scheme
An update to a breach previously reported on this blog: Jayna Omaye reports that Eltonya Wiley, the last of six defendants in the case, has pleaded guilty to her part in an identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme that used the information of 92 patients at Villages Endoscopy & Surgical Center, where she was…
Ca: Breach of privacy leaves patient's family distraught
Darren Taylor reports: A Sault Ste. Marie woman is angry, emotionally distraught and considering legal action over the fact her mother’s medical records were inappropriately accessed by an employee of Sault Area Hospital (SAH). The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, has told SooToday.com a letter she received from Sonia Tassone, freedom of information and…
Molina breach on patient data (updated)
The Albuquerque Journal reports: Molina Healthcare said Friday personal information on some of its 5,261 former members was inadvertently mailed out to individual households via postcards in mid-March. The postcards contained a tracking number that included Social Security numbers — although not names — of individuals and sent to former Molina members, the company said…
AL: Patients' personal info stolen from Flowers Hospital by employee for tax refund fraud scheme
Ken Curtis reports: Flowers Hospital has sent letters to people whose lab work performed there warning that their identity may have been stolen and used to file fraudulent income tax returns. A copy of the letter made available to WDHN states the files were stolen between June, 2013 and February, 2014. Read more on DothanFirst….
Disclosure of medical records breached patient’s human rights – Strasbourg
The release of confidential patient details to a state medical institution in the course of her negotiations with a hospital over a lawsuit was an unjustified interference with her right to respect for private life under Article 8. Read more on UK Human Rights Blog. The case is L.H. v Latvia [2014] ECHR 453 (29 April 2014) – read judgment.