By now, you’d think that e-mail errors exposing people’s name in the To: or CC: fields would be a thing of the past. Apparently, they’re not: Dave Savini reports that the Northstar Healthcare clinic in Chicago specializes in treating people with HIV or AIDS. In July, they sent an e-mail with more than 170 patients’…
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Kindred Healthcare reports theft of safes containing patient data backups
Kindred Healthcare Inc. (Kindred Transitional Care And Rehablitation) reported a burglary of their Sellersburg, Indiana facility on June 1. The theft of patient data affected 1,504, according to their report to HHS. The burglary appears to the second burglary experienced by Kindred this year. A July 25 Notice on their web site explains: Sometime between…
Laptop with Apria Healthcare patient information stolen – yes, from an unattended vehicle!
Seen in today’s Arizona Daily Star: After a security breach, Apria Healthcare is offering 11,000 affected patients free credit monitoring. The California-based healthcare company says 4,178 patients in Arizona were affected, including 1,100 in Southern Arizona. The company offers home healthcare services and products, including home oxygen therapy, sleep apnea equipment, home medical equipment and…
Hartford Hospital and VNA Healthcare notify patients after laptop stolen from vendor employee's home
Christine Dempsey reports: An [sic] laptop computer stolen from a business associated with Hartford Hospital and its sister home-health care group contains personal information of nearly 10,000 patients, the hospital said Monday. Officials from the hospital and VNA HealthCare learned on June 26 that the laptop had been stolen from the home of an employee of Greenplum,…
HealthCare NZ 'sorry' for privacy breach
APNZ and The Herald report: A memo advising HealthCare New Zealand staff to be careful with client files was among more than 50 patient health records and documents found on a Christchurch street. The documents were found on the street in Merivale on Saturday afternoon after they were taken from a HealthCare NZ employee’s private…
UK: ICO fines St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust after medical examination results are sent to the wrong address
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a penalty of £60,000 to St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in London after a vulnerable individual’s sensitive medical details were sent to the wrong address. The information was contained in two letters that were sent out by the Trust in May 2011. While the letters were…