Jenee Tibshraeny of NewsTalkZB reports: An organisation that works with mental health patients is trying to mop up the mess it created by a somewhat old-fashioned privacy breach. It lost documents containing the names, addresses and clinical details of 65 of its clients, when a staff member left their bag on a Wellington bus last…
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U.K.: Fax blunder leads to £55,000 penalty for Staffordshire trust
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a monetary penalty of £55,000 to North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. The penalty follows a serious breach of the Data Protection Act which resulted in sensitive medical details of three patients being sent to a member of the public. The details were released between August and September 2011 when…
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital notifying 12,900 after laptop stolen from secured badge-access area
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is no stranger to stolen equipment containing PHI. In January, 2010, they self-reported a breach involving a stolen desktop computer with PHI on 532 patients, and as recently as January, they notified 57,000 patients after a laptop was stolen from a physician’s car. Now the hospital is notifying patients about another breach…
Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Center settle HHS complaint, to pay $275,000
I don’t know if you can hear me, but I generally groan when I read a settlement that permits the party to make no admission of guilt. The FTC permits it, and HHS also permits it. I understand why they may choose to do that, but seriously, there are some breaches that are just so…
EPIC Urges Federal Health Agency to Safeguard Mental Health Records
From EPIC.org: In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, EPIC underscored the importance of medical privacy, particularly concerning mental illness. In response to President Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence, the federal agency is considering allowing states to report certain mental illness information to the FBI for inclusion in National Instant Criminal Background Check System. EPIC warned that…
More on the Independence Care System laptop theft
As noted previously, Independence Care System in New York notified 2,434 patients after a laptop containing their PHI was stolen on May 7. ICS kindly provided PHIprivacy.net with a copy of their substitute notice of May 31st: New York City Managed Long-Term Care Plan announces theft of laptop containing member information. On May 7, 2013, Independence Care…