Sometimes it pays to keep Googling or re-checking with different search strings. Today, I managed to locate the text of what appears to be the The Lanap and Implant Center’s substitute (media) notice on the breach I’ve previously discussed here and here. First, the text of the notice: Public Notice or Legal Notice #: 4095248…
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Thousands of Pennsylvania dental patients may be at lifetime risk of ID theft after patient database is uploaded to torrent sites
Dave Bohman of WNEP recently reported on a breach involving Lanap & Dental Implants of Pennsylvania. The breach involved someone uploading a copy of the dental group’s practice management software (Dentrix) to a torrent site. The upload didn’t just contain the software, however. It also contained unencrypted patient record databases. As a result, over 11,000 patients – mostly…
CA: Cottage Health System Notifies Patients of Data Security Incident (update)
Cottage Health System has learned that a recent security incident may have resulted in the disclosure of protected health information for certain patients treated at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital between Sept. 29, 2009, and Dec. 2, 2013. On Dec. 2, Cottage discovered that a third-party…
Orthopedic surgeon's laptop stolen in home burglary; 8,900 patients notified of data theft
San Jose-based orthopedic surgeon Stephen T. Imrie, M.D. is notifying 8,900 patients that a password-protected laptop stolen from his home on September 23 held their protected health information. Although the burglary was immediately reported to the police, the laptop has not been recovered. Patient information on the laptop included the patients’ names, dates of birth, telephone…
Kaiser Permanente reports privacy breach to 49,000 patients
Chad Terhune reports: Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has notified about 49,000 patients of a privacy breach at its Anaheim Medical Center. Kaiser said a computer flash drive was reported missing Sept. 25 inside the hospital’s nuclear medicine department. The storage drive included patient names, date of birth, their medical record number and the type and…
San Francisco Doctor Accepts Bitcoin to Protect Patient Privacy
Kadhim Shubber reports: A doctor and former programmer is using bitcoin’s revolutionary payment system as a new way to protect his patients’ privacy. Earlier this year, Dr Paul Abramson’s private practice, My Doctor Medical Group in San Francisco, began allowing patients to pay for their care with bitcoin. The decision has meant that people who want to keep their…