In the wake of a data protection breach impacting 40,000 patients, East Midlands Ambulance Service is working to prevent future problems. The Lincolnshire Echo reports: A strategy was developed at the Trust meeting on October 28 which resulted in new computerised systems and improving IT security. The investigation found the computer system the information was stored on was…
TX: Ex-Parkland employee to plead guilty to Medicare fraud
Kevin Krause reports: Federal authorities say a former Parkland Memorial Hospital employee illegally used information from thousands of patients to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Viju Mathew, 49, of Garland has agreed to plead guilty to a federal fraud charge and is scheduled to go before a judge later this month to formally enter the plea….
USIS’s late notification? (updated)
Readers may recall that US Investigations Services, LLC, the contractor who conducted personnel background checks for the Department of Homeland Security, detected a hack in June. The breach affected 27,000 DHS employees. For some reason, USIS is now first sending a copy of a notification letter to the California Attorney General’s web site and to the New…
Montgomery Obstetrics & Gynecology notifies patients of breach
A statement from Montgomery Obstetrics & Gynecology: BLACKSBURG, Va., (October 31, 2014) – Montgomery Obstetrics & Gynecology (Montgomery OB-GYN) has notified patients of a breach of some personal patient-protected health information. On Sept. 11, Montgomery OB-GYN learned that an individual obtained access to multiple patient charts and other medical records that were removed from the practice….
MN: Data breach suspected at Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office
Sarah Stultz reports: Freeborn County administration is investigating a suspected data breach within law enforcement, according to Administrator John Kluever. He said he and other information technology staff are looking into the possibility that someone was unnecessarily viewing open investigation files and disseminating parts of those files in the public. He declined to comment on…
Update to Dallas Fire-Rescue Breach
There’s a small update to the Dallas Fire-Rescue breach involving missing laptops. The loss was reported to HHS, who added it to their public breach tool today. Dallas reported that the (first) loss occurred October 5, 2011, which is later than what was originally reported, but they also reported that 1,000 patients were impacted.