K. Min Yi, M.D., a surgeon in San Jose, California, reports that patient data were on an external hard drive stolen during an office burglary on Memorial Day Weekend in 2013. The backup drive was in a locked drawer at the time of the burglary. A copy of her notification letter has just been posted…
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Giant patient records database 'should be delayed'
Nick Triggle reports: The roll-out of a new NHS data-sharing scheme involving medical records should be delayed as patients have been left “in the dark”, a patient watchdog says. A giant database, Care.data, is being set up with anonymised records to help aid medical research and the monitoring of performance. But Healthwatch England said the…
IL: Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center notifies 874 patients after OR schedules go missing
Shannon Antinori reports: Missing operating room schedules may have resulted in the disclosure of patient information for 874 people. Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center has notified patients about a potential leak of patient information — but said the accidental disclosure does not include financial information. “Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center has notified 874 patients about…
TX: St. Joseph Health System Confirms Hacking Incident Affecting 405,000 Patients, Employees, and Beneficiaries (updated)
Bryan, Texas – February 4, 2014 – St. Joseph Health System (SJHS), a not-for-profit integrated Catholic health care delivery system, confirmed that between Monday, December 16 and Wednesday, December 18, 2013, the organization experienced a data security attack in which certain parties gained unauthorized access to a single server containing patient and employee files on…
FL: Former Mount Sinai Medical Center Temporary Employee Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving The Theft Of Patient Information
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced yesterday that Oliver Gayle, 43, of Miami, was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release for his participation in an identity theft tax refund scheme involving the theft of patient information from Mount Sinai Medical Center. On October…
HHS strengthens patients’ right to access lab test reports
As part of an ongoing effort to empower patients to be informed partners with their health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken action to give patients or a person designated by the patient a means of direct access to the patient’s completed laboratory test reports. “The right to access…