Miami Herald staff report: Barry University announced Monday night it is notifying patients of its Foot and Ankle Institute that their medical records and personal information may have been hacked. The security breach was detected around May 14th via a school laptop infected by a form of malware – software used mainly to gain access…
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NJ: Barnabas Health notified patients after laptop with pediatric patients' pulmonary testing data was stolen from center
One of the breaches recently added to HHS’s public-facing breach tool was an incident involving Barnabas Health in New Jersey. In response to my e-mail and phone inquiries, today they sent me a link to a statement that was subsequently posted on their web site: IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CENTER PATIENTS Posted Date: 12/18/2013…
Inspira: No patient information on stolen computer
Don E. Woods reports the good news for Inspira Medical Center Vineland patients: There was no patient information on a computer stolen from Inspira Medical Center Vineland, according to a hospital spokesman. Read more on NJ.com. It’s unfortunate that patients worried for days about whether their data had been stolen and that the medical center…
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA notifies patients after e-mail gaffe
The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington posted a breach alert on their web site dated December 16. It was not linked from their home page, but located under Press Releases: Privacy Breach Notification December 16, 2013 The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (VAWW) in Walla Walla is offering free credit…
FL: Health department workers admit to stealing patient info
Following up on a breach related to tax refund fraud scheme, noted here in October. Amy Pavuk reports: Two now-former Department of Health employees have admitted in federal court that they illegally took private information on hundreds of patients, which was then used in a tax-return scheme. The discovery and arrests of Shanterica Smith and Gerald…
Privacy Group Testifies on Patient Data Matching
Initial findings from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on ways to match patients with their data do address problems with current HIT systems and data exchanges, notes advocacy organization Patient Privacy Rights. But there isn’t much else in the findings that the organization agrees with. In testimony at an ONC…