JC Reindl reports: A Detroit Medical Center employee was found in possession of personal information of 1,087 patients at DMC’s Harper University Hospital, the hospital system said today. In a statement, DMC said that documents containing the patients’ names, personal health information, date of birth and, in some cases, Social Security numbers were discovered in…
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Sutherland burglars snagged City of Hope patient data (updated)
Among those affected by the burglary at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions were an undisclosed number of City of Hope patients. You can read City of Hope’s notification letter on the California Attorney General’s website. Patient information on the unencrypted computers included patients’ names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, medical record numbers, account number and/or diagnoses. City…
PA: Security breach compromises credit-card info of Partners in Nephrology & Endocrinology patients
Adam Smeltz reports: An online security breach might have compromised the credit-card information of several thousand patients at a Bloomfield-based medical group. Partners in Nephrology & Endocrinology on Liberty Avenue confirmed the breach Wednesday, saying someone hacked into a vendor’s systems that process credit-card payments for the specialist practice. Read more on TribLive. A detailed…
NC: Cornerstone alerts patients after laptop with personal information stolen
Owen Covington reports: High Point-based Cornerstone Health Care has alerted more than 500 patients after a laptop at one of its practice locations that contained patient information was stolen earlier this year. On Feb. 26, Cornerstone began reaching out to 548 patients of Cornerstone Neurology in High Point to let them know about the theft,…
GA: Laptop with patient information stolen from Emory clinic
Alexis Stevens reports: A laptop stolen from a vehicle at an Emory Healthcare clinic contained limited information for 826 patients, the university said Monday. On Feb. 7, a car belonging to an employee of the Emory Dialysis Clinic was one of several broken into, according to Vince Dollard, spokesman for the university’s health services. An…
St. Joseph Health breach affected 11,800 patients
Martin Espinoza reports some additional details on the St. Joseph Health breach reported here a few days ago: St. Joseph Health mistakenly divulged the private information of 11,800 home health patients — including 1,762 in Sonoma and Napa counties — to an investment firm working on a business proposal for the health system. Neither financial information…