Adrian Gropper, MD is Chief Technical Officer of Patient Privacy Rights. He writes: Today, ONC released a report on patient matching practices and to the casual reader it will look like a byzantine subject. It’s not. You should care about patient matching, and you will. It impacts your ability to coordinate care, purchase life and disability insurance, and…
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Inspira Vineland notifying patients about December theft of computers with PHI
On December 27, I blogged: Four days after a computer was stolen from Inspira Medical Center Vineland, the hospital still can’t say whether there was any patient data on it? The hospital issued a statement the next day saying that no patient data was on the stolen computers, but as I noted on January 17, when they announced an…
IN: St. Vincent Hospital notifies 1,100 patients that stolen laptop contained protected health information
St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis is part of St. Vincent Health. A statement uploaded today and linked from the hospital’s homepage says: St.Vincent officials sent letters to approximately 1,100 patients informing them that a laptop connected to an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine and functioning as a medical device was detached and stolen from the hospital on…
Coalition complains to OCR about Dignity Health's use of patient information
Steven Slivka of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on an OCR complaint last week. According to Slivka, the Nevada Health Services Coalition filed a complaint against Dignity Health, the owner of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, alleging improper use of patient information. The caption for the accompanying photo, which appears to be misleading or just erroneous, says, “The…
MI: Dental patients' information stolen, misused after employee invites some friends to the office after hours
Steve VanBergen reports: A full prescription fraud investigation is taking shape after a dentist office employee invited people to the office after hours, resulting in stolen information. Police say patients’ credit card information may also be compromised. The incident happened on Tuesday at a dental office in Antwerp Township, according to the Van Buren County…
Woman pleads guilty to forging letters to Alexian Brothers patients
Finally, this bizarre case appears to be over. Barbara Vitello reports that Michelle Morrison, formerly employed by Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital pleaded guilty to three separate counts of forgery and has been sentenced to 30 months probation. As a senior account representative at the Alexian Brothers psychiatric facility from November 2005 until July 2010, Morrison handled billing…