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A plan to sell confidential medical records to private companies for as little as £1 has been drawn up by officials. GPs will start sending NHS patient records to a central database under the new General Practice Extraction Service

By Stephen Adams A secret plan to sell confidential medical records to private companies for as little as £1 has been drawn up by officials. From next month, GPs will start sending detailed NHS patient records to a central database for the first time under the new General Practice Extraction Service (GPES). Yet doctors do […]

In 2012, there were 1.85 million medical identity theft victims in the U.S., up 25% from the year before

NEW YORK (MainStreet)—It’s as creepy as fraud gets. While you are sipping a latte in Williamsburg, across the river on Park Avenue your health insurance card is picking up the tab for five figures worth of elective surgery and maybe another $1,000 in prescriptions and health aids like crutches. The patient is you, with just […]

Tax and medical records‬ were found dumped behind a Michigan church

By Dave Herndon MELVINDALE — Police officers recovered hundreds, if not thousands, of income tax returns and medical records out of a pair of paper recycling bins Wednesday afternoon. The records were discovered at about 1 p.m. by an Allen Park resident who was disposing of old newspapers into the bins behind St. Mary Magdalen […]

Patient could face a £18,000 fine after she tried to remove ‎confidential‬ info from her medical‬ records

Article written by: Randeep Ramesh, Paul Dinsdale The retired garden historian’s experience is a cautionary one for NHS patients who think they control what’s on their medical records. In a pilot scheme NHS England recently began quietly uploading patient records from 100 GP surgeries, although the information commissioner warned the health service “there is still […]

Henry Ford Health System notifies more than 15k patients that X-rays containing personal info were stolen

July 22 X-rays possibly containing personal information about 15,417 Henry Ford Health System patients were stolen from a Detroit warehouse in May, according to a letter the hospital system sent to patients earlier this month. Thieves may have taken the X-rays because of the silver that is contained in them, according to the letter. Silver, […]

Samaritan Health Services investigates medical records found in the trash in Oregon

By CANDA FUQUA Samaritan Health Services is performing an internal investigation into a possible privacy breach after a woman on Tuesday found a stack of unshredded medical documents in an outside trash can behind medical offices on Samaritan Drive. “We take patient privacy very seriously, and it’s currently under investigation to fully evaluate the situation,” […]

The Office for Civil Rights orders the Monroeville 911 dispatch center to investigate the PHI given to a former police chief

Author Name Patrick Ouellette The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) told the Monroeville 911 dispatch center back in March that it had 30 days after sending a letter on March 21 requesting that an investigation be conducted regarding protected health information (PHI) being exposed to a former police chief. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently obtained a copy of […]

Sutter Health notified 4,500 patients of a data breach‬

By Mary Zhou In early June, letters were sent to about 4,500 patients of Sutter Health hospitals notifying them of a security breach. Patients from Sutter Delta Medical Center, Eden Medical Center, and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center may have had their personal information leaked, possibly including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, genders, […]

Confidential hospital records were found on an Australian roadside

Thirty Wagga Base Hospital patients have had their privacy severely compromised after their medical histories were literally thrown to the kerb. Ayb Brown was walking his dog in Estella on Tuesday when he found a confidential piece of paper lying on the side of the road. When he picked it up and unfolded it, he […]

Employees were fired after a data breach‬ at a L.A. hospital

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Five medical workers have been fired over a patient data breach at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Los Angeles facility said in a statement, while celebrity website TMZ reported on Saturday that the hacking effort targeted reality star Kim Kardashian. Cedars-Sinai, a favorite destination for celebrities seeking medical care, said in the […]