Another insider breach at a Florida medical practice for a fraud scheme; this time it’s insurance fraud. WFTV reports that Selina Rodriguez, a medical assistant formerly employed at Mid-Florida Urological Associates, illegally accessed patient records from Orlando Health, which operates hospitals in the Orlando area, including Orlando Regional Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Winnie…
Dutch MP who hacked into medical file system to make point about security fined by court
Loek Essers reports: Dutch Member of Parliament (MP) Henk Krol was fined ¬750 (US$1,000) by the district court of Oost-Brabant on Friday for breaking and entering the system of the Dutch medical laboratory Diagnostics for You. Krol said he entered the system as an ethical hacker to show that it was easy to access and…
Mortonhall ashes data stolen from charity office
More grief and anguish for parents of dead babies. David McCann reports: Sensitive documents linked to the babies’ ashes scandal at Mortonhall Crematorium have been stolen in a raid on offices of the bereavement charity which exposed the malpractice. Thieves stole a laptop containing the personal details of families affected by the controversy unearthed in…
Cameron to Press for Better Data Protection in India
Gonzalo Vina reports: Prime Minister David Cameron will today agree on a plan with his Indian counterpart,Manmohan Singh, to step up the fight against cyber-crime as he seeks better protection for U.K. data held on Indian computer servers. Cameron will discuss practical steps with Singh on the second day of a three-day visit to the South Asian…
Johns Hopkins responds to serious patient privacy breach (update 2)
Justin Fenton, Scott Dance and Jessica Anderson report on a nightmarish privacy breach for patients and a hospital: A Johns Hopkins gynecologist who was being investigated on allegations that he secretly recorded patients was found dead this morning at his home in Baltimore County, police and hospital officials confirmed. The doctor, identified as Nikita A….
Does your notification letter overwhelm patients?
Is a two-page notification letter too long and possibly overwhelming to patients? Maybe.