Jeff Cunningham of KFVS reports: It was an identity thief’s dream–original birth certificates, social security cards and high school diplomas all found in a dumpster. Heartland News was contacted by a viewer who found the items in a dumpster behind the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on William Street in Cape Girardeau. We counted dozens of…
E-health groups seek systems for 'data harvest'
Liz Tay reports: E-health experts have called for information management systems to “harvest” data from electronic health records for medical research. According to Donald Mon of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), “secondary use” of data by researchers could improve medicine, patient safety and public health. While current e-health software was “rich in functionality”,…
Shark Bite Victim Says Hospital Intruded
Purna Nemani reports: A shark-bite victim claims a Honolulu hospital violated his privacy by photographing and posting on the Internet a picture of his “gaping leg wound,” without his consent, “while he was completely helpless, undraped, and in a life-threatening and traumatic shock condition.” Todd Murashige claims The Queen’s Medical Center violated HIPAA protections and…
AIB tells tribunal employee dismissed for accessing accounts
Genevieve Carbery reports: Unauthorised access to the bank accounts of 13 employees and three customers by a former Allied Irish Banks worker was “absolutely not” acceptable, a senior AIB manager said yesterday. Former AIB Capital Markets employee Brian Purcell (38), from Dublin, was dismissed in April 2009 after the bank discovered he had accessed the…
OH: Resident reports theft of laptop computer to UA police
From the Upper Arlington Police Beat: A laptop computer containing personal information and confidential medical records was reported lost and presumed stolen after its owner accidentally left it at a business on the 3200 block of Tremont Road on Aug. 25, according to Upper Arlington police reports. The owner has contacted the credit bureau about…
White paper: The Case for Informed Consent
PPR has issued a new white paper. From their press release: Patient Privacy Rights (PPR), the nation’s leading health privacy watchdog released a white paper entitled, “The Case for Informed Consent: Why it is Critical to Honor What Patients Expect: for Health Care, Health IT and Privacy.” The paper is designed to be a primer…