The Service Coordination Inc. breach noted in the previous post also affected another Maryland agency, it seems. Steve Fermier reports for WBAL: State health officials say a company that serves Maryland residents with developmental disabilities has sent letters notifying them that their personal health information might have been compromised. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says…
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AZ: Hospitalists of Arizona laptop stolen from St. Mary's Hospital contained patient information
Carmen Duarte reports: A stolen laptop from a work room at St. Mary’s Hospital has caused a potential patient information security breach, officials said Friday. […] Hospitalists of Arizona was informed Jan. 15 about the potential breach, and notified hospital security and law enforcement. The laptop contained health and basic personal information for about 1,700…
NHS sells a billion patient records
Jon Ungoed-Thomas reports: A billion NHS records containing details of patients’hospital admissions and operations have been sold to a marketing consultancy working for some of the world’s biggest drug companies, The Sunday Times can reveal. Harvey Walsh, a healthcare intelligence company, has paid for a database that, although stripped of names and addresses, does include…
CO: Valley View Hospital hacked; 5400 patients affected
Roger Adams of Aspen Public Radio reports that Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs was the target of computer hackers who managed to insert a virus on the hospital’s system in September. A statement prominently linked from the hospital’s homepage explains that after identifying the virus in January, they brought in a forensic team who…
Former patient sues St. Helena Hospital over alleged privacy breach
Kerana Todorov reports: A man who underwent drug rehabilitation treatment at St. Helena Hospital in 2012 is suing the hospital and others for allegedly disclosing medical information about his care with an employer and others, according to the complaint filed Monday in Napa County Superior Court. The plaintiff, who is only identified as “John Doe”…
HealthSource of Ohio data leak exposed 8,800 patients' information
HealthSource of Ohio, a private, not-for-profit community health center experienced a privacy breach in November 2013 that affected 8,845 patients. The incident was added to HHS’s public breach tool this week. According to a statement posted on their website on or after February 26th, HSO uses a web-based program to provide information to patients calling with…