NHS bosses have been fined £100,000 after patient files including details of miscarriages, information on vulnerable children and a police report of a child’s death were left in a clinic when it closed. The data blunder occurred at a health centre in Stockport after it shut and the building was sold to new owners. The […]
Read MoreBy Cathy Buss An investigation has been launched after private health details of dozens of children were sent to the wrong parents. More than 150 letters containing results from a school programme measuring children’s heights and weights were sent to the wrong addresses a fortnight ago. The issue came to light when a head teacher […]
Read Moreby Alexa Volland, Alligator Nearly 5,700 patients are at risk after a UF medical practice employee was discovered to have ties to an identity theft ring. UF was notified on April 11 about the incident by state and federal law enforcement officials. The statewide investigation is ongoing by the Office of the State Attorney, the Internal […]
Read MoreI’m a big fan of keeping my personal information personal. But when it comes to your medical information, maintaining privacy is difficult, if not impossible. That’s because your information isn’t just held by your doctor, hospital and insurer, it’s also a commodity bought and sold by marketers, data base companies and even retailers. In fact, […]
Read MoreMore than 1,400 Jackson Health System patients are being offered free credit protection services that includes credit monitoring and up to $20,000 of identity theft insurance after their medical records were discovered to be missing. Although the records were missing since January, hospital officials made the security breach public on Friday. The records did not include […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Thousands of patient records at the VA hospitals in Buffalo and Batavia have likely been misplaced or damaged, according to federal officials who have been prodding the facilities to improve their record-keeping. VA officials uncovered the problem after the associate director of the Buffalo medical center initially dismissed worker complaints about shoddy record-keeping, […]
Read MoreIf you visit a doctor’s office, it’s not unusual to provide them with sensitive information. But Fox45 found something alarming on Wednesday after discovering hundreds of medical records thrown away in a dumpster near a doctor’s office. The files were discovered by a worker from another doctor’s office near Amos Medical Services, a geriatric clinic […]
Read MoreAuthor Name Patrick Ouellette While human error is unavoidable from time to time, what healthcare organizations do to minimize the impact of those mistakes with health data goes under the microscope when breaches occur. DENT Neurologic Institute of Amherst, NY recently experienced a data breach and hasn’t explained whaat (if any) email technical safeguards it […]
Read MoreA WASTE contractor has been prosecuted for fly-tipping personal documents from residents in a Hull care home. Benson Khiumba was prosecuted for dumping controlled waste from Woodford Care Home, in Holderness Road. After failing to appear in court In April, Khiumba was arrested and prosecuted for three offences under the Environmental Protection Act and one […]
Read MoreBy dave blackhurst A MAJOR investigation is today under way to find a hospital worker behind a high-level security breach aimed at discrediting a doctor. The staff member obtained confidential information about three stroke patients – and then posed as a nurse to write letters raising concerns about their treatment to loved-ones. The letters targeted […]
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