Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
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Flowers Hospital data breach suit: Plaintiffs to amend complaint
Patrick Ouellette writes: A former Flowers Hospital lab technician was indicted in early September on charges that he stole eight patients’ protected health information (PHI) as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme from June 2013 to February 2014. As a result of the breach, five affected patients filed a punitive class-action lawsuit in federal court, referencing a violation…
Denver firm reports data breach
9News reports that Madison Street Provider Network, Inc., dba Omni Eye Specialists, Spivack Vision Center, Madison Street Surgery Center, Madison Street Anesthesia, and Madison Street Company Nurse Practitioner said they were a target of a data breach and will be notifying patients. Stay tuned, as there’s no notification on any web site(s) yet.
UK: Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust signs undertaking to improve data protection
From the ICO: An Undertaking to comply with the First, Third and Seventh data protection principle has been signed by Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust. This follows an investigation involving the inadvertent sharing of data with a referral management centre. The data which was provided in error consisted of referrals from health care…
IN: Floyd Memorial installs fingerprint scanners
Baylee Pulliam reports: Floyd Memorial Hospital hopes a tiny, glowing blue box could help improve patient care and prevent medical identity theft. The box is part of the hospital’s new partnership with technology company CrossChx, which uses unique points of patients’ fingerprints to generate a code linking them to their medical information. Read more on The…
LU: Pirate Party chief on trial for data leak
From wort.lu: President of the Luxembourg Pirate Party Sven Clement on Wednesday goes on trial for data theft and violation of data traffic laws, after stealing the password to a medical database in 2012. The incident dates back to January 2012, when a hacker gained access to over 48,000 medical files on licenced athletes in…