Aha. It’s not just yours truly complaining about breaches where no information is readily available. One of the breaches I had cited as an example involved Upper Valley Medical Center. Citing the entry on HHS’s breach tool, I had written: Upper Valley Medical Center,OH,,”15,000?,10/01/2010-03/21/2012,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,Other,7/3/2012,, The breach went on for over one year? There…
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Ca: Breach of Privacy at Eastern Health (updated)
VOCM reports: There has been a significant breach of privacy at Eastern Health involving about 122 patients. The authority says their records were inappropriately accessed by an employee, who has since been terminated. CEO Vickie Kaminski says there is zero tolerance of wilfil breaches of patient privacy. All employees sign a confidentiality pledge, and are…
Hillsborough Health Department: Breach of up to 311 clients' information
Taylor Katz reports that Hillsborough County Health Dept. issued a press release about a breach. The notice is not readily available on the department’s web site at the time of this posting, but as posted by WSTP.com: “The Hillsborough County Health Department is informing the public about a breach of client information. The breach of…
TX: Angelina County Woman Guilty Of HIPAA Violations
LUFKIN, Texas – A 33-year-old Lufkin, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Joneshia Cranford pleaded guilty on July 20, 2012, to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn. According to information presented in court,…
And yet more updates to HHS's breach tool
HHS added another batch of reports to its breach tool last week. Here are the ones I hadn’t known about already from either the media or reports to state attorneys general: Upper Valley Medical Center,OH,,”15,000″,10/01/2010-03/21/2012,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,Other,7/3/2012,, The breach went on for over one year? There doesn’t seem to be any media coverage of this breach,…
HealthCare NZ 'sorry' for privacy breach
APNZ and The Herald report: A memo advising HealthCare New Zealand staff to be careful with client files was among more than 50 patient health records and documents found on a Christchurch street. The documents were found on the street in Merivale on Saturday afternoon after they were taken from a HealthCare NZ employee’s private…