A former receptionist at a GP surgery in Southampton has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for unlawfully obtaining sensitive medical information relating to her ex-husband’s new wife. Appearing at West Hampshire Magistrates today, Marcia Phillips was prosecuted under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and fined £750 and ordered to pay…
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UConn Health Center Warns Patients of Privacy Breach
From NBC: The University of Connecticut Health Center is notifying patients about a privacy breach that could affect around 1,400 patient records. UConn Health Center issued a news release on Friday morning saying that a former employee, while employed for the center, inappropriately accessed approximately 1,400 patient records that were beyond the scope of the employee’s responsibilities….
Patient Steals Other Patients’ Info
Paul Smith reports on an incident at a Lancaster, Pennsylvania medical practice: A patient at Crooked Oak Family Medicine stole a document containing personal information about some of the practice’s other patients on February 5, 2013. Read more on Fox43. A statement posted today on Lancaster General Health‘s web site says: A Crooked Oak Family…
South Miami Hospital employee stole patients' info for tax refund fraud scheme
Yes, let’s wait until Friday late in the day to disclose another insider breach at a Florida hospital for tax refund fraud. At this rate, we may have to retire the headline “Florida hospital employee steals patient info for tax refund fraud.” Local10 reports: Baptist Health says its privacy office has recently learned that a…
EXCLUSIVE: Johns Hopkins offering patients affected by privacy breach free counseling services
As I mentioned in previous posts, Johns Hopkins’ first breach statement about OB/GYN patients who may have been secretly photographed or videotaped by a physician included a reference to “counseling” for patients. Since this was the first time I’ve ever seen a reference to “counseling” in a breach notification statement and it struck me as…
NL: Opposition to digital patient records mounts, court case to go ahead
DutchNews.nl reports: The family doctors’ association Vereniging van Praktijkhoudende Huisartsen is pressing ahead with legal action against the introduction of a new electronic patient records system because its backers have failed to meet agreements on internet security and privacy. The VPH said in December it would delay a planned court case because the organisers pledged…