Max Eddy reports on a review of Calculate by QxMD: Appthority’s CTO Kevin Watkins writes that app fails to live up to the promises made by its own privacy policy. Specifically, the app sends private data over the network unencrypted and in plaintext. “This action directly contradicts what is stated in the app’s privacy policy: that…
Massive data breach a 'national security risk'
From The Local in Sweden: Three million Swedes may have had their medical journals available to prying eyes, after a large-scale IT failure affected patients in Stockholm and Gotland. The Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper, which made the discovery, reported on Wednesday that there were signs that intruders had tried to access medical journals. The medical…
#DoNoHarm: Rhode Island Issues Social Media Guidance for Physicians
Kate Sweet writes: As health care providers continue to try to navigate the world of social media, the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (the “Board”) has issued policy guidelines (the “Guidelines”) to address the use of social media by the state’s physicians. The Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking…
Arts Block website suffers hack attacks
Of course, there are a gadzillion hacks of smaller sites going on every week, but this one caught my eye. Richie Davis reports: When Ed Wierzbowski bought Greenfield’s Arms Block and the former Franklin Savings Institution to bring high-profile musical performances to local audiences, the last thing he imagined having to deal with was Indonesian…
Nursing assistant sentenced to 3 years for selling patient IDs
Another insider breach at a Florida healthcare facility. Patty Ryan reports that Denetria Barnes was sentenced to 37 months in prison Tuesday for conspiring with a boyfriend [Jakiel Bazart] to defraud the government by peddling hundreds of patient identities. Many wound up in the hands of a Tampa detective posing as a tax refund thief….
Genesis Rehabilitation Services employee loses unencrypted thumb drive with employees’ information
Genesis Rehabilitation Services in Pennsylvania reports that an employee lost a thumb drive with the unencrypted personal information of 33 employees, agency employees, or applicants to GRS. The information on the drive included individuals’ names, postal or email addresses, and Social Security numbers. The drive had reportedly been left in a secure office at Lebanon Center,…