And yet again, HHS’s breach tool reveals breaches for which I can find no public statements or media coverage: Lee Miller Rehab Associates,MD,,10480,1/15/2012,Theft,Network Server,2/7/2013,, American HomePatient Inc.,TN,LifeGas,1103,10/11/2012,Theft,Laptop,2/7/2013,, Riderwood Village,MD,,3230,11/18/2012,Theft,Laptop,2/8/2013,, If anyone sees/find coverage, please let me know. Two of the incidents involved stolen laptops and it appears that HHS may not have notified within the…
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New York woman's intimate personal details made public in New Mexico abortion clinic probe
Associated Press reports: A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation’s four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had been carrying for more than eight months had severe brain abnormalities. There were complications during the abortion and the 26-year-old woman was…
Utah senate passes bill that would require Medicaid or CHIP participants be notified that their data will be in state databases
Sometimes breaches result in legislation. That appears to be the case in Utah, where the Associated Press reports that the state senate passed a bill in response to two breaches the state experienced: Utah lawmakers want to alert participants in the state Medicaid program or Children’s Health Insurance Program that their personal information will be…
12 Sue North Shore University Hospital In L.I., Allege Breach Resulted in Identity Thefts
Twelve people filed a lawsuit yesterday against North Shore University Hospital in New York, following a breach in which patient face sheets were stolen. Some claim to have been victims of identity theft as a result of the breach. Two suspects were arrested last year. And no, this breach isn’t listed in HHS’s breach tool…
HHS breach investigations badly backlogged, leaving us in the dark
To say that I am frequently frustrated by HHS’s “breach tool” would be an understatement. Their reporting form and coding often makes it impossible to know – simply by looking at their entries – what type of breach occurred. Consider this description from one of their entries: “Theft, Unauthorized Access/Disclosure”,”Laptop, Computer, Network Server, Email” So…
ACLU Challenging DEA’s Access to Confidential Prescription Records Without a Warrant
Ooh. I missed this important post by Nathan Freed Wessler of the ACLU last week: The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to access private prescription records of patients in Oregon without a warrant, despite a state law forbidding it from doing so. The ACLU and its Oregon affiliate are challenging this practice in a new…