Oliver Gayle of Miami has been convicted in an tax refund scheme involving the theft of patient information from Mount Sinai Medical Center. Gayle, who was employed as a temp, had a previous felony conviction on RICO/racketeering charges prior to his employment at the medical center. The South Florida Business Journal asked the medical center how he…
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Notice for Allina Health patients regarding privacy incident
The following notice is linked from Allina Health‘s home page: Allina Health is committed to protecting the privacy of our patients’ personal information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. A certified medical assistant at an Allina Health clinic viewed patients’ personal health information unnecessarily. Only those caregivers with a role…
Court Overturns Presuit Patient Authorization Requirement Under Florida Medical Malpractice Statute
Anne C. Foster writes: On September 25, 2013, the Northern District Court of Florida, Tallahassee Division, ruled that Florida Statute § 766.1065 violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) by requiring a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action to deliver a presuit authorization which allows the defending medical professionals to conduct ex…
MO: Employee Abuses Access to Boone Hospital Patient Information
Nick Thompson reports: KOMU 8 News obtained a letter from a Boone Hospital patient Monday in which the privacy director admitted an employee affiliated with the hospital abused their access to a network containing patient information. Privacy director Kathleen Pitzer wrote several patients last week, saying she became aware of an information breach on Sept….
Medical Start-up Invited Millions Of Patients To Write Reviews They May Not Realize Are Public. Some Are Explicit. (update2)
Update: Practice Fusion responded to the Forbes story. See the Comments section below for a link to their statement. Kashmir Hill writes: Medical records start-up Practice Fusion has attracted a whopping $134 million in venture capital thanks to its appealing business model: it offers 100,000 (and counting) medical types free, web-based patient management services. The doctors get…
Seton Healthcare Family notifies 5,500 patients of breach involving stolen laptop (CORRECTED)
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on a stolen laptop breach involving Seton Healthcare Family in Texas, but it appears they’ve had another one. Here is the notice posted on their web site today: Seton Healthcare Family is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an…