Laura Donnelly and James Clayton report: Disclosures under the Freedom of Information Act reveal almost 600 NHS security breaches involving patients’ personal data in four years. The number of incidents each year doubled, from 90 in 2008 to 179 last year, with millons of records involved. Read more on The Telegraph.
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New York Moves To Protect Health Data Privacy
Nicole Lewis reports: In the aftermath of criticism from the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York State health officials have taken further steps to tackle patient privacy. Specifically, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), in collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, has established the Statewide Health Information Network of New York…
Bid to halt purging of old medical records
A NSW psychiatrist makes a case for not destroying old psychiatric records – and no, his argument isn’t solely for research purposes, but clinical. And maybe Hell has frozen over, because you’re about to see me argue for retention, instead of destruction, of old records. Ewa Kretowicz reports: In the past three years, more than…
How to ensure a lost mobile device won’t cause a data breach
ID Experts points us to a post by Pamela Lewis Dolan: Physicians who own mobile devices should make the following assumption: If they lose a smartphone or tablet, someone is going to try to see what’s on it. With an estimated 80% of physicians using a mobile device on the job, a lot of patient…
Abortion records found in Kansas City metro recycling bin (updated)
A very disturbing breach in Kansas reported by the Kansas City Star: An Overland Park, Kan., woman made a disturbing discovery Saturday as she dumped her recycling inside a yellow and green bin in front of Brookridge Elementary School: More than 1,000 private abortion records sat in plain view, dumped on top of magazines and…
UK: Warwickshire-based company in medical data breach
A Warwickshire-based company has committed to taking action to protect personal data, following a breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA). The breach occurred when a system used by Pharmacyrepublic Limited to record the medication handed out to around 2000 patients was stolen from one of its premises, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today….