A break-in at St. Conal’s in Letterkenny resulted in archived physiotherapy records being removed from long-term storage and dumped on the ground outside, the Health Service Executive has confirmed. The Donegal Democrat reported today that the medical records had been found dumped outside the derelict building known locally as St. Conal’s new wing. A concerned […]
Read MoreRachel Louise Ensign Across the country, hospitals and other health care providers are falling victim to schemes that steal large numbers of x-rays, ostensibly for their silver content. It’s a low-tech, tried and true crime. But it’s now sometimes treated as a data breach.The phenomenon underscores the fact that data breaches often involve means other […]
Read MoreOf all the places where people want to feel secure and protected, hospitals must certainly rank at the top. But even those who aren’t afraid of being poked and prodded have something to worry about: hospitals are a growing scene for identity theft and fraud. The fraud that’s happening in hospitals isn’t simple, either. In […]
Read MoreCalifornia-based Sutter Health has notified approximately 4,500 individuals that they are at risk for identity theft. In a public notice, Sutter said police found protected health information during an “unrelated investigation” but the organization does not know what the investigation was about. The Sacramento Business Journal reports the information was discovered during a drug bust […]
Read MoreAuthor Name Patrick Ouellette A Montgomery, Maryland clinical social worker self-reported a patient privacy incident that occurred between late in 2012 and early 2013. Kara Falck recently sent a letter to the Baltimore Office of the Attorney General (OAG) that explained why seven clients’ data was exposed due to a vendor’s poor patient privacy procedures. […]
Read MoreNHS 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 […]
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