This is not the first time I’ve read about a patient privacy breach as part of a smear campaign, but this case is in the U.K. Dave Blackhurst reports: A major investigation is today under way to find a hospital worker behind a high-level security breach aimed at discrediting a doctor. The staff member obtained…
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FTC Panel Highlights Growing Problem of Medical Identity Theft, Especially Among Senior Citizens
Identity theft is the nation’s fastest-growing crime, claiming almost ten million victims per year, according to FBI statistics. Medical identity theft is the latest threat to affect patients—especially senior citizens. To address this growing epidemic, the Federal Trade Commission will host the educational forum “Senior Identity Theft: A Problem in This Day and Age” to discuss the challenges facing victims of…
Where there's a breach, there's a lawsuit, Wednesday edition
A few weeks ago I noted that William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in South Carolina was notifying over 7,000 patients of a breach involving a stolen laptop. Now two of the veterans affected have filed a lawsuit over the breach. Additional details on the lawsuit, which was filed April 12, can be found here.
Iris Scans Seen Shrinking $7 Billion Medical Data Breach: Health
Kristen Hallam reports: Iris scanners aren’t just for airport border-control agents and spy movies anymore. Clinics and hospitals around the world are acquiring technology that identifies people based on physical traits to improve patient safety and stamp out fraud. HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA) hospitals in London, as well as health-care providers across the U.S., are…
OH: Solon dentist charged with illegal use of state database
Here’s something that I stumbled across while researching something else. Sun News Staff reports: A Solon dentist was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury earlier this month for looking up personal information on an ex-girlfriend using the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy database. Between March 10 and Dec. 26, 2012, Dr. Fred Glick, 55,…
Eastern Health Authority Discloses Two Breaches Involving Briefcases Stolen from Employees' Cars
Eastern Health advised today that it has experienced an accidental breach of privacy of 63 of its clients. The accidental breach occurred when the briefcase of an employee was stolen from a vehicle while left unattended for approximately 10 minutes on the evening of April 17, 2013. The briefcase contained one client chart and a…