A Greeley hospice nurse pleaded guilty Thursday in a case in which she was stealing prescription drugs from hospice patients. Marguerite Furgerson, 30, pleaded guilty to four counts of felony Identity Theft, one count for each of the four cases she had with the Weld District Attorney’s Office, according to a prepared release. Read more…
AU: Debate needed on patient records
Consumer groups frustrated by the slow pace on e-health are forming a coalition to pressure the federal government to release secret documents and engage in an open debate over plans for a national patient record-sharing system. The Consumer-Centred E-Health Coalition is a response to “government secrecy and lack of consultation” launched by the Australian Privacy…
AU Storm clients outraged over doctored files
Clients of Storm Financial (Storm) have claimed they received copies of strangers’ files instead of their own when they applied to Colonial Geared Investments (CGI) for their loan documents in the months after the advice firm’s collapse. In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into financial products and…
Heartland says breach has cost $32 million so far
Heartland Payment Systems on Tuesday (Aug. 4) said it spent $32 million this year paying for costs related to the major data breach it disclosed in January, including $22.1 million to cover fines from key payment card brands and a settlement offer. Heartland did not say how the $22.1 million was split between the fines…
The Doctor-CIA-Patient privilege?
Can the federal government prevent you from telling your doctor what’s bothering you? Apparently they think they can, even if you are not a federal employee. I was reading a new court opinion (pdf) where the government invoked “state secrets” as a defense. Needless to say, with all the underlying facts not discussed, I have…
Mortgage records found in KS dumpster
Over the weekend, client records from a defunct Wichita mortgage-brokerage firm wound up in the Dumpster outside the Holiday Inn at Kellogg and Rock Road. The owner of the mortgage business said it was an accident and apologized, vowing to make sure the records are properly shredded. […] The records found at the Holiday Inn…