They say they have enough insurance to cover data breach costs, but a new filing by SAIC reveals that OCR has opened an investigation into the breach incident where unencrypted data were stolen from an employee’s unattended vehicle.
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center notifies patients of billing data breach in Charlestown incident
Gotta watch those vendors – even the well-intentioned ones. Robert Weisman provides an update on an incident mentioned previously on this blog: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center said Friday it is notifying 6,831 patients that their billing information, including credit card numbers and security codes, may have been compromised when documents the hospital planned to shred…
Utah Department of Health hacked
Ugh. Tons of data acquired by hackers, including 25,000 Social Security numbers. All told, they’re now reporting that almost 182,000 people (including children) had their PHI stolen. See today’s story in the Salt Lake Tribune.
New York Moves To Protect Health Data Privacy
Nicole Lewis reports: In the aftermath of criticism from the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York State health officials have taken further steps to tackle patient privacy. Specifically, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), in collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, has established the Statewide Health Information Network of New York…
Mayor’s Attorney Goes After City Attorney’s Office for LAFD Disclosure Policy
Do HIPAA and the California Confidential Medical Information Act bar city emergency services from providing detailed, real-time dispatch information and response times? The Mayor of Los Angeles says they don’t but the city’s attorney seems to think otherwise: An attorney for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ripped into the City Attorney’s Office today over legal advice given…
Follow-up: Staff won’t face discipline after UVic private data stolen
The president of the University of Victoria says nobody will lose their job after administrative staff failed to properly secure and store all employees’ sensitive information prior to it being stolen during a January break-in. Nearly 12,000 employees past and present at UVic had their names, social insurance numbers and banking details taken when an…