Both River Arch Dental and Hamner Square Dental sent patients a letter on July 16 about a breach that occurred when a business partner’s employee violated their security protocols: We are writing to inform you of the following incident and the steps we have taken and are taking to respond to it. On May 10,…
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Louisville dental assistant copied medical records – Police
WDRB reports: Police say they’ve arrested a Louisville woman for copying the medical records of several patients of a dental office back in 2005. Police say Tanya Hubbard was working as a dental assistant in Dec. 26, 2005 (when she was 26) when she made copies of medical records belonging to 23 patients. According to…
HHS updates breach tool
HHS has added 17 incidents to its breach tool. Some of the incidents we already knew about, but here are the ones that are new to me or that add new details: Awklein ,CA,,”2,000″,2/1/2011,Theft,Other,6/8/2012,, I cannot find any information on this breach via a Google search. “Stephen Haggard, DPM Podiatry”,WA,,”1,597″,3/4/2012,Theft,Network Server,6/8/2012,, Dr. Haggard published a…
Dignity for the dead at the Lincoln Regional Center
Since 2007, I have been covering the lawsuit against Nebraska over the identities of patients buried at state mental hospitals anonymously. It was a case that pitted open records against the privacy – as such – of the dead and their descendants, and in my earliest posts, I argued for privacy and non-disclosure. But here’s…
IL: X-ray films stolen from Rockford's SwedishAmerican
SwedishAmerican Hospital officials reported today that X-ray films were stolen from the hospital back in May, but they don’t believe patients risk identity theft or other harm from the incident. The films were stolen from the hospital May 31 by a person who claimed to be an employee of the vendor hired to pick up…
UK: ICO fines St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust after medical examination results are sent to the wrong address
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a penalty of £60,000 to St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in London after a vulnerable individual’s sensitive medical details were sent to the wrong address. The information was contained in two letters that were sent out by the Trust in May 2011. While the letters were…