Jenny Hope reports: Hospital records have been sold to dozens of companies including pharmaceutical giants and private firms without patients’ knowledge or consent, newly-released data shows. Details about NHS patients have gone to major names including Bayer, Baxter, AstraZeneca, Bupa and Roche. Consultancy firms McKinsey, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst and Young are also among those…
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Sutherland Healthcare identifies additional patients to notify of breach (UPDATED)
Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, who disclosed a breach affecting over 220,000 patients in California, discovered that additional patients had information on the stolen computers and is now sending them notification letters. Update: Abby Sewell of the Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that 170,200 additional victims have been identified in a theft…
CA: Hospital informs patients of 2012 records breach
Courtney Perkes reports: La Palma Intercommunity Hospital has notified patients that their medical records and personal information may have been illegally viewed by a former employee. The hospital learned in September 2012 that an employee accessed personal information without permission, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, addresses, birth dates and limited medical information, according…
Healthcare Employer’s Termination Letter Provides Basis For Court to Allow Discovery of Patient Contact Information
Jeffrey M. Schlossberg writes: Employers faced with the inevitable task of terminating an employee’s employment often inquire whether to provide the employee with written reasons for the termination; or, if they are required to provide an explanation of the termination, they ask what should be included in the explanation. Except in a limited number of…
Franciscan Health System notifies more than 12,000 patients after employees fall for phishing scheme (updated)
John Gillie reports: Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System is notifying some 8,300 patients that their personal information — including in some cases medical records and Social Security numbers — may have been shared with computer scammers who accessed staff email accounts. Franciscan estimates more than 12,000 patients nationwide had files potentially breached. Franciscan’s total of 8,300…
Pharmacy board's actions raise questions about ethics, patient privacy, safety
John Russell reports: A powerful member of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy was quietly involved in discussions with state pharmacy regulators about a $100 million project that benefited his employer — Walgreens pharmacies. And now a government watchdog group and a labor federation say those actions not only violated state ethics laws, but have allowed…