Reka Szekely reports: Lakeridge Health has notified 578 people this week that their hospital records were inappropriately accessed. Hospital officials say 14 staff members who provide mental health services have been disciplined over the privacy breach, which occurred during a 10-year period between December 2004 and summer 2014. Read more on Northumberland News.
Shutterfly sites announce data breach
From tinyprints: Recently, we detected a criminal cyber-attack on our Tiny Prints, Treat, and Wedding Paper Divas websites, which may have exposed the email addresses and encrypted passwords used by our customers to login to their accounts. We encrypt customer credit and debit card information, and we have no evidence that such information was compromised….
Two computers stolen from unlocked hospital offices: Orange Village police blotter
Thomas Jewell reports: Grand theft from building, Orange Place: Police made two trips to University Hospitals’ Chagrin Highlands Medical Center after two exterior doors on office suites were discovered unlocked on the morning of Nov. 22. The first desktop computer, an HP 8200 valued at $1,000, was discovered missing that morning from Suite 4200. Then on…
Ca: Privacy breach at city hall
Andrew Peplowski reports: Montreal police say officers had good intentions when they required city hall visitors to provide their names, dates-of-birth and driver’s license numbers on Tuesday evening. But they never should have left the sheets of paper, with all that information, behind at the end of the evening. A reporter from the Journal de…
Researchers seek medical data use without patient permission
Joseph Conn reports: The American Medical Informatics Association is asking Congress to amend a central federal healthcare privacy rule, in order to give medical researchers access to patient records without their consent. A see-saw battle has been waged at the federal policy level for more than a decade over patient consent regarding medical records, with…
Ca: ‘Curiosity’ of Island Health employees led to privacy breach, probe reveals
Cindy E. Harnett reports: An Island Health investigation has confirmed a privacy breach when two employees viewed the confidential electronic health records of 112 people to satisfy their personal curiosity. In a statement Wednesday, Island Health said it has confirmed the employees “used their access privileges to the electronic health record for unauthorized reasons —…