Here we go…. again. A notice on the home page of The Neurological Institute of Savannah and Center for Spine in Georgia reads: PUBLIC NOTICE: THEFT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION If you were a patient between January 1, 2006 – July, 2, 2011, we want you to know that a computer hard drive was stolen recently…
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Ca: Medical records found on Chilliwack street
Tyler Olsen reports: Fraser Health is promising an investigation and review of privacy policies at Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) after internal records bearing the names of patients ended up on a Chilliwack road. In late September, a resident of Tamihi Way found three pieces of paper from CGH on a street in the Garrison Crossing…
MT: Bozeman nurse and surrogate mother suing Billings Clinic, health insurer
Somewhat bizarre case reported by Jodi Hausen: A Bozeman nurse is suing Billings Clinic and its health insurer, claiming she was wrongfully fired and denied health insurance coverage because she was pregnant as a surrogate mother for her patient. […] In November 2009, Acosta-Yearick became pregnant for a patient at Bozeman OBGYN where she worked….
NH: Thousands of medical records stolen in car break
Brad Petrishen reports: Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, a firm that offers surgical and cosmetic skin care from offices in Marlborough, Westford, Concord and Wolfeboro, N.H., lost more than 2,000 patient records last month when a computer flash drive was stolen from an employee’s car. “On Sept. 14, a computer bag containing protected health information for…
TRICARE Investigates Beneficiary Data Breach
The TRICARE Management Activity is reviewing its data protection policies and procedures in the wake of a data breach involving personal health information of an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The breach potentially affects patients who received care or filled pharmacy prescriptions in San Antonio-area military treatment facilities from 1992 through Sept….
IU addresses information breach at School of Optometry
The Indiana University School of Optometry has notified 757 patients that a computer server on which certain health information was stored was visible on the Internet for almost a month, between August and September 2011. The server, containing information relating to patients seen by a former faculty member of the school, Kevin E. Houston, O.D.,…