Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole LLP writes that Sunshine Behavioral Health Group is facing a potential class action lawsuit. The case is Fuentes v. Sunshine Behavioral Health Group LLC and it was filed this week in the Central District of California. The case is drawing some attention because it it one of the…
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Northeast Radiology notifies patients of PACS data security incident
Note: Northeast Radiology issued a press release yesterday about a data security incident that their healthcare management services provider, Alliance HealthCare Services, notified them about. DataBreaches.net noted that Alliance notified Northeast Radiology on January 11, 2020 — the day after TechCrunch reported updated research on the problem with exposed PACS leaking protected health information. Although…
UK: Rotherwood Healthcare AWS bucket security fail left elderly patients’ DNR choices freely readable online
Gareth Corfield reports: A leak of 10,000 records at a Leicestershire care home provider exposed elderly patients’ wishes not to be resuscitated, detailed care plans and precisely how much councils paid for individual patients’ care. Not only did Rotherwood Care Group, trading as Rotherwood Healthcare, leave an Amazon Web Services S3 bucket accessible to everyone…
UK: Concerns after patient information stolen from doctor’s car
Maia Snow reports: Concerns have been expressed after documents containing patient information was stolen from a doctor’s car in the north of the county. The Castle Medical Group, in Burton Road, Ashby, has revealed that on the evening of Monday February 24 items were stolen from a doctor’s car. Among the stolen items was paperwork containing…
Munson Healthcare notifies patients after discovering compromised employee email accounts contained PHI employee email accounts compromised
Munson Healthcare in Michigan has published notice of a data breach: Munson Healthcare became aware of a recent data security incident where certain employee email accounts were accessed by an unauthorized third-party. Upon learning of this issue, Munson Healthcare commenced a prompt and thorough investigation, working closely with external cybersecurity professionals. After an extensive forensic…
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance notifies more than 81,000 patients after discovering two employee email accounts had been compromised
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (TOA) recently notified more than 81,000 patients after an unknown party gained access to an employee’s email account. TOA first detected unusual activity in the account on October 18, 2019. A forensic investigation determined that data containing former and current patients’ personal or protected health information contained within two email accounts may…