A doctor for Accelerated Urgent Care said that a contractor painting a room full of medical records removed the files and threw them away in a dumpster. The City of Bakersfield has removed the dumpster that contained hundreds of medical records from the parking lot of Bakersfield College. 23ABC found the medical records dumped inside a…
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Salisbury, NC VA notifying 182 veterans after vouchers with SSN go missing
The VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina notified veterans after vouchers with their SSN went missing in an incident in March. According to the VA’s monthly report to Congress: There are 182 travel vouchers missing that contain Veterans’ names, full SSNs, and other information. The facility received a multitude of phone calls from Veterans…
Ca: Major privacy breach involving thousands of new mums uncovered at Rouge Valley hospital
Joel Eastwood reports: A major privacy breach at a Scarborough hospital is being investigated by Ontario’s privacy commissioner after the contact information of thousands of new mothers was leaked to companies that were allegedly paying off hospital employees. As many as 8,300 patients had their name, address and phone number turned over to private companies…
Follow-up: West Palm woman, leader of identity theft ring, given 10-year sentence
Julius Whigham II reports: A 36-year-old West Palm Beach woman who was the the leader of an identity theft ring has been sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday. Prosecutors said Jennifer Robinson, 36, organized a scheme to steal the identities of patients at a medical facility…
Four more breaches added to HHS's breach tool
Four breaches were recently added to HHS’s breach tool that were not previously reported on this blog: Howard L. Weinstein D.P.M. of Texas reported that 1,000 patients were notified after a laptop with their information was stolen on March 13. A statement on his website says that names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and medical information were on four…
MI: Hurley Medical Center e-mail error discloses some employee and retiree Social Security numbers
Amanda Emery reports: Hurley Medical Center inadvertently released the names and social security numbers of an undisclosed number of employees and retirees while trying to fix issues with its health care plan. According to a news release from Hurley Medical Center, the hospital recently discovered that an email attachment sent to a “limited number of…