KPC News reports: DeKalb Health hospital Wednesday announced it has learned of a hacking incident involving the DeKalb Health website that resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about some DeKalb Health patients. DeKalb Health uses a third party firm to operate its website, and a computer server operated by that third party was the…
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CO: Mercy Regional Medical Center patient records breached
Chase Olivarius-McAlister reports: Centura Health – the nonprofit umbrella that owns Mercy Regional Medical Center – has sent letters to about 1,000 people in Durango warning that hackers may have gained access to their personal information. The potentially compromised information includes patients’ name, Social Security number, Medicare beneficiary number, address, date of birth and phone…
PA: Patients' medical billing records missing for 2 years (updated)
WFMZ reports: Reading Health System has put hundreds of patients on notice about the disappearance of their medical billing records. In a letter sent Tuesday to patients of the former Western Berks Internal Medicine, the health system’s chief compliance officer, Kathleen Wetzel, said that three boxes of medical billing records, from Jan. 2, 2009 through…
TX: Computer containing patient data stolen from Seton Healthcare
MyFoxAustin reports: A computer-like device was stolen from Seton Northwest Hospital. Now two months later, nearly 180 patients possibly affected are just finding out. One of them came to FOX 7 for help. It was inside a locked storage area at Seton Northwest Hospital where a device was stolen. We’re told only names, dates of…
VT: New Patient Information System Sparks Privacy Debate
Taylor Dobbs reports: … a new policy set to take effect this summer would make it possible for doctors not involved in a given patient’s care to view their file. The “global consent” policy will make it so that once a patient signs the form authorizing a release of their file, any doctor’s office connected…
Do medical scribes threaten patient privacy?
Joel Sherman, M.D. writes: Medical scribes are a burgeoning field with many institutions and practices exploring their use while the many commercial enterprises who lease out scribes are pushing for their widespread acceptance. There is no accepted definition of what scribes do or what their background or training should be. There is no mechanism for…