Kevin Vink rerports: A local physician reported the loss of control over more than 1,500 patient records when she was unable to retrieve them upon leaving the Didsbury Medical Clinic to start a clinic of her own, according to officials. Following an investigation by the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta, Rachel Hayward, portfolio…
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Caledonia Home Health and Hospice notifies patients of stolen Netbook
Vermont-based Caledonia Home Health and Hospice is notifying patients after Netbook was stolen from an employee’s home on July 20. In a letter dated August 6 to those affected, the hospice writes: The Netbook contained the home health program, Palmwyse in which patient protected information, including social security numbers, was documented. A police report has been filed…
Walgreens Sued for Sharing Patient’s Private Medical Info
Josh Crank provides additional coverage on a case previously mentioned on this blog: A jury ordered Walgreen Co. to pay $1.44 million to an Indiana woman after one of its pharmacists illegally accessed and shared her medical information. But according to conventional legal wisdom, that lawsuit should never have made it to trial. The suit…
Tiger Team reviews accounting of patient data disclosures
Patrick Ouellette reports: Yesterday’s HIT Policy Committee Privacy & Security Tiger Team meeting discussed the background of accounting of disclosures for patient data and brought forward prevalent topics for its Sept. 6 virtual hearing. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) had been investigating the accounting of disclosures issue and requested that the Tiger Team hold…
Firewall error by M2ComSys exposed 32,000 patients' information (Update 1)
A vendor’s firewall error has resulted in approximately 32,000 patients in 48 states being notified that some of their protected health information was exposed on the Internet. The vendor was medical transcription service M2ComSys, contracted by Cogent Healthcare. The latter provides physicians called hospitalists to hospitals operated by Genesis Health Systems. Neither Genesis Health Systems…
Very Big Data: Japan to create nationwide network to share patient medical info
Interesting news from Japan: The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to build an Internet-based network that would allow medical institutions nationwide to share patients’ medical treatment and drug prescription records–a move that is also likely to make it easier for patients to switch hospitals or leave one to recover at home, according to ministry…