CBC News reports: Vitalité Health Network is asking Codiac Regional RCMP in Moncton to investigate after one of its doctors accessed the electronic medical records of dozens of female patients without authorization. An investigation by New Brunswick’s Privacy Commissioner Anne Bertrand determined Dr. Fernando Rojas Lievano of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton…
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Oh, so that's what happened?
One of the (all too many) frustrations with trying to learn from HHS’s public breach tool is that they do not let us know when they’ve updated an older entry or closed an investigation. In December of 2012, I had reported three additions to the breach tool for which I could find no information online….
Over 20 million attempts to hack into health database
Is your security up to this challenge? Simon Hartley reports: Police are investigating after attempts were allegedly made to hack a nationwide patient database. In an email obtained by the Otago Daily Times, Southern Primary Health Organisation clinical adviser Keith Abbott, of Dunedin, warned GPs and health organisations about the ”significant hacking attempt” on September 9….
HIPAA and Same-sex Marriage: Understanding Spouse, Family Member, and Marriage in the Privacy Rule
On September 17, HHS issued a new guidance: The HIPAA Privacy Rule contains several provisions that recognize the integral role that family members, such as spouses, often play in a patient’s health care. For example, the Privacy Rule allows covered entities to share information about the patient’s care with family members in various circumstances. In…
Commentary: Aventura Hospital breaches should trigger enforcement actions by HHS & FTC, but will they?
For years – even before the mainstream media caught on to the epidemic – PHIprivacy.net had been reporting cases of insider data theft for tax refund fraud schemes and calling special attention to Florida. By now, everyone seems to acknowledge that Florida is a hotbed of such crime. Yet despite this growing recognition of an ongoing and serious problem,…
NYS Comptroller: Stony Brook University Hospital Failed to Monitor Transcription Service Properly
From a press release by the NYS Comptroller: Stony Brook University Hospital’s Health Information Management Department repeatedly failed to comply with state guidelines and university policies related to contracting, vendor monitoring, and hiring or promotions, possibly costing taxpayers nearly $1 million, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. […] “We…