WALB reports: Phoebe Putney Hospital is notifying thousands of patients that their medical information has been compromised by the disappearance of a hospital computer. Phoebe confirmed to WALB News 10 that on November 6, 2013, the hospital learned that a password protected unencrypted desktop computer disappeared from one of its clinics the day before. Read more…
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Edgepark Medical Supplies notifies patients after malware may have compromised their personal information
Edgepark Medical Supplies in Ohio (RGH Enterprises) is notifying some patients that their personal information, including full credit card number in approximately 126 cases, may have been acquired in March 2013 due to a malware infection that evaded detection by their anti-virus software until December 2013. Upon discovery, the malware was removed and patients’ passwords…
MD: Employee at Good Samaritan Hospital pleads guilty to stealing patient info
Ian Duncan of the Baltimore Sun has an update on two of the defendants involved in a breach noted previously on this blog. Two women pleaded guilty Friday to using stolen medical records to open or take over credit accounts at department stores and setting up a cottage industry selling fraudulently obtained goods. Chanell Cole,…
New Mexico Oncology and Hematology Consultants notifies patients after laptop stolen from employee's office
Statement on their website: Albuquerque, New Mexico (December 31, 2013) – On November 13, 2013, New Mexico Oncology and Hematology Consultants, Ltd. (NMOHC) discovered that a laptop computer was stolen from an employee’s office. The stolen laptop computer may have contained the following types of unsecured protected health information (PHI): names, dates of birth, and…
University of Pennsylvania Health System says approximately 1,000 patients' privacy was compromised by printing error at RevSpring
Marie McCullogh reports that a printing error by vendor RevSpring, exposed approximately 500 University of Pennsylvania Health System patients’ names, type of services and tests, and amount owed to other patients: One of Penn’s billing vendors, RevSpring of Wixom, Mich., had a malfunction in its printing operation. As a result, some patients received bills containing both…
Riverside Health System notifies 919 patients after employee improperly accessed their information
I hope this is the last breach of PHI I’ll have to report in 2013, but since there’s still 5 hours to go, who knows? WAVY in Newport News, Virginia reports: A local hospital is offering free credit monitoring after officials say an employee inappropriately accessed patients’ medical records. According to Peter Glagola, Director of…