Mary Wisniewski of Reuters has an informative report on the state of prescription databases across states. She writes, in part: Forty-three states now have databases to keep track of who is getting prescriptions for powerful pain relievers such as oxycodone, Vicodin and Opana. Pharmacists enter prescriptions for controlled substances into the database, so prescribers can…
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NHS Trust fined £325,000 following data breach; Trust “frankly surprised” at fine and intends to appeal
Back in January, I noted that the ICO was preparing to levy a huge fine on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust after hard drives with patient data were stolen and put up for sale on eBay. We later learned that the thief was an employee of a contractor. The possibility of the fine was revealed by the…
NHS Trust fined £325,000 following data breach; Trust "frankly surprised" at fine and intends to appeal
Back in January, I noted that the ICO was preparing to levy a huge fine on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust after hard drives with patient data were stolen and put up for sale on eBay. We later learned that the thief was an employee of a contractor. The possibility of the fine…
American Pharmacists Association Pharmacist.com Rooted & rm’d by Anonymous Hackers
content/images/gallery/antisec12/ii.png Anonymous hackers have been at it again, this time setting targets sights on pharmacist.com leaving the site and server offline after it rooted and rm’d it and leaked vital client information which is claimed to be government workers details as the below message states. at one stage the site was also defaced which also featured a drive-by attack…
Ca: Durham Region Health class action lawsuit puts price on personal information
Emily Jackson reports: A proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit against Durham Region Health puts a $5.99 price tag on the patient data doctors are privy to. The lawsuit was filed against Durham Region after a nurse lost a USB key laden with the unencrypted personal information of 83,524 people in December 2009. According…
CT: Waterford woman charged in privacy case
This news story by Judy Benson was published a few weeks ago, but I wanted to mention it here because we’ve seen this type of access problem before: …. In the Swanson case, records for Ruggiero-Swanson, her husband Brian and her 27-year-old son, also named Brian, were accessed by Brian Sr.’s estranged sister, according to documents…