In December, 2012, University Dental Associates at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York notified 2,400 patients that a laptop containing their PHI had been stolen from their office. Although the theft both occurred and was discovered on November 21, it was not reported to the NYPD until November 26, 2012. The computer was…
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Oral surgeon notifies former patients after laptop with their PHI was stolen from his office (updated)
Closing a private practice is not the end of our data security concerns, as a breach earlier this year reminds us. In January, attorneys for Lee D. Pollan, DMD, PC notified the NYS Division of Consumer Protection that PHI of 13,806 former patients was on a missing laptop. The laptop reportedly went missing from the…
Parents, patients notified of potential identity theft incident at University of Florida pediatric clinic
Another insider breach for identity theft. Another case where the entity never detected the breach until notified by law enforcement. An employee working at a University of Florida medical practice who had ties to an identity theft ring may have compromised patient personal and health information. UF is notifying 5,682 patients and parents of patients…
Ca: BCCA denies access to patient information to further class proceeding
All About Information writes: Yesterday, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia vacated an order that required non-party physicians to provide a class action plaintiff with the contact information of patients who were potential class members. It rendered a principled judgement on physician-patient confidentiality Read more about the decision in Logan v. Hong on All…
Sonoma Valley Hospital notifies patients whose information was exposed on the Internet
Sonoma Valley Hospital has disclosed that patient information was exposed on the Internet due to an employee error. The Sonoma Valley Sun reports the breach occurred on February 14, 2013, and involved 1,350 surgery patients’ names, dates of service, procedure, surgeon, hospital charges, and name of insurance company. The hospital did not learn of the breach…
Jackson Health System notifies 1,407 patients of missing records
Statement from Jackson Health System in Florida: Jackson Health System has conducted an internal investigation regarding several boxes of medical records that are unaccounted for and/or are missing from Jackson Health System Health Information Management (HIM) department. Those 1,407 patients whose personal information was accessed have been notified and offered free credit card fraud protection….