Joel Eastwood reports: A $412-million class action lawsuit has been brought against a Scarborough hospital on behalf of thousands of patients whose personal information was leaked by two former employees. The hospital revealed earlier this month that the contact information of as many as 8,300 patients at Rouge Valley Centenary, mainly mothers who gave birth…
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CT: Community Health Center suing a former IT director over alleged data breach
Alex Gecan has an update on an alleged breach that I had noted here with the caution: This sounds like a bitter termination situation and I wouldn’t rush to any judgement on these allegations until there is more investigation or facts revealed. I’ll repeat that caution now. Gecan reports: A local non-profit health center and…
Shielding grisly scenes because there's no expectation of privacy in public spaces
Back in the day when I was an active emergency medical technician (EMT), we really didn’t have to deal with gawkers who might try to take pictures to upload to the Internet of horrific accidents that happened in public spaces. And if someone tried to poke their nose in to the accident scene, an authoritative “back…
Update: NY: Two plead guilty to Albany Medical Center identity theft charges
Fox23 reports: Two people, who were accused of stealing identities of multiple patients at a local hospital and opening fraudulent credit card accounts, have pleaded guilty to their charges. According to District Attorney P. David Soares, Emmett Woods, 25, and Suzette Guzman-Moore, 45, pleaded guilty to their charges this month. Read more on Fox23.
Michael Schumacher's medical files stolen – report
Last week, I planned to blog about how pleasantly surprised I was that Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s medical records had not been leaked in the six months following his tragic accident. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t blog about it, as Associated Press is reporting that his medical files have been stolen and…
$800,000 HIPAA settlement in medical records dumping case
From HHS, this press release today about an incident that never appeared in their public breach tool: Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Parkview…