A public notice issued by Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas that appeared on 6News (but not, apparently, on the hospital’s web site yet): On October 28, 2011, Lawrence Memorial Hospital learned that certain information maintained by Mid Continent Credit Services, Inc., d/b/a Blue Sky Credit, the hospital’s vendor for online patient bill-pay services, was inadvertently…
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UCLA Health System notifies 16,288 of stolen hard drive
Public notice from UCLA Health System, posted today on their web site: The UCLA Health System is notifying thousands of patients by mail that on Sept. 6, 2011, an external computer hard drive that contained some personal information on 16,288 patients was among a number of items stolen during a home invasion. Although this information…
Psychiatrist facing federal charges in HIPAA case acquitted by judge
I’ve mentioned this case before on this blog, but now new details have emerged in this case. Tim McGlone reports: A psychiatrist faces trial in federal court on charges of illegally disclosing medical information of a Virginia state trooper who had been in his care after being held hostage and raped over three nights. Prosecutors…
A rash of x-ray thefts highlights an often overlooked risk
I’ve occasionally reported news stories concerning the theft of x-ray films containing personally identifiable information. Here’s another example from HHS’s latest update to the breach tool: Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Pennsylvania notified 3,150 patients after x-ray films were stolen on September 6. The hospital posted a notice linked from its home page. A search of…
IL: 4,200 Medical Records Stored Inside Slowed Fire Cleanup
After 10 years or so of covering breaches and data loss, it takes a bit to shock me, but this news story by John H. Croessman had my eyebrows involuntarily elevating: When members of the Pinckneyville City Council hammered physician Tim Mathis on television interviews recently about why it has taken so long to clean…
PA: Ambulance records dumped
Tom Ragan reports: Boxes and file folders containing hundreds of sheets with personal information of employees and former patients of the Hazleton Community Ambulance Association were tossed in a city dumpster at the South Side Fire Station on Saturday. […] Several boxes and folders contained trip sheets for ambulance calls, including information on each patient….