Back in July, I reported that LabMD had unsuccessfully attempted to sue Tiversa in Georgia for allegedly stealing its property. At issue was a file containing PHI on 1,718 patients that Tiversa had downloaded as part of a research project after the file was exposed via P2P software on LabMD’s system. In its 2009 press release…
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Lawsuit against HHS seeks overturn of restriction on refill reminder programs, cites Sorrell
I came across this press release from inVentiv Health and think it’s of interest because of the intersection of privacy and protected speech: Adheris, Inc., an inVentiv Health company, filed suit today against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking a federal court to enjoin the government from implementing a new regulation that…
Advocate breach lawsuit says the group didn't adequately secure data
Mitch Smith reports: Advocate Medical Group, already under federal and state investigation after the theft of computers containing personal information on millions of people, is now facing a class-action lawsuit from patients who say the Downers Grove-based physician group didn’t do enough to protect their private data. The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court,…
Surgery photo leads to privacy lawsuit against Torrance Memorial
Chad Terhune reports: During surgery at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, an anesthesiologist decorated a patient’s face with stickers while the patient was unconscious — giving her a black mustache and teardrops under her left eye — and then a nurse’s aide snapped her photo. The 2011 incident has prompted a state investigation and a civil…
GA: Nurse sentenced in ID theft for tax refund fraud case
There’s a follow-up to a breach reported previously on this blog. Melody Milton, 38, of Albany, Georgia, was sentenced on August 12, 2013, following her guilty pleas on August 23, 2012. Milton was a home health care nurse employed by Phoebe Putney Home Health Care.
Ca: Lawsuit on hospital privacy breach gets court ok
Amy Woolvett reports: One of the largest medical privacy breaches in recent Canadian history could see almost 700 patients sue South West Health. A Supreme Court judge has given the okay to proceed with a class action lawsuit over the health authority’s patient information leak. In April 2012, South West Health learned that an employee…