Hope Hospice officials say they recently discovered a possible information security breach after a routine check found that an employee had e-mailed a report of recent referral and admission activity to themselves through an unsecured channel. Information in the e-mail, which was sent in December and again in February, included names of over 800 Hope…
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UK: NHS patients can stop their data being shared, says Jeremy Hunt
NHS patients must be able to object to their personal data being shared, despite the major benefits that can be had from making it more accessible, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. His comments came in response to Dame Fiona Caldicott’s information governance review, which found that health and social care organisations had become excessively…
Laptop with Orthopedic Physician Associates' patient data stolen from car
Seen on NWSource, this substitute notice: NOTICE OF SECURITY BREACH ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES On April, 1, 2013, a laptop and ten patient files were stolen during a car break-in. The patient files were subsequently recovered. However, information regarding some patients of Orthopedic Physician Associates, a division of Proliance Surgeons, may have been compromised by this…
Life Flight informs patients of possible confidential information breach
Wendy Leonard reports: Patients flown by Life Flight helicopters during at least three months of 2004 were advised Friday that their personal information may have been compromised. The information, collected from patients in April, May and June of that year, was inadvertently put on an employee website where it may have been accessed by individuals…
NY: Upstate University Hospital notified 283 patients after portable device with PHI stolen
Seen on YNN: A portable electronic device containing personal medical information has been stolen from Upstate University Hospital. The hospital notified 283 patients that their information may be compromised. Information on the device may have included patients’ names, date of birth, hospital medical record number, and diagnosis. The device does not include patients’ Social Security…
Florida women sentenced in tax refund fraud case; bought patients' identity information
Two identity thieves involved in the South Miami Hospital breach noted previously on this blog have been sentenced. The breach had resulted in tax refund fraud for a number of the hospital’s patients. The Sun Sentinel reports Alci Bonannee was sentenced to more than 26 years behind bars and Sonyini Clay was sentenced to 10 years in…