By jennifer dobner A West Valley City-based medical clinic has alerted federal health officials of a possible data breach after a collection of about 2,600 medical appointment records slated for shredding went missing. The Granger Medical Clinic records had been printed from an electronic scheduling database and included the names of patients, the dates and […]
Read MoreThe University of Connecticut Health Center says a former employee inappropriately accessed approximately 1,400 patient records that included names, addresses, dates of birth and in some cases, Social Security numbers and other health information. UConn Health Center officials say they became aware of the data breach Jan. 7 and have found no evidence that the […]
Read MoreHOSPITAL bosses have stepped in after concerns were raised over taxis being used to convey patient notes and specimens. Derriford Hospital has carried out an investigation after confidentiality concerns were voiced by a governor. Vera Mitchell told a Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust Board meeting how she was worried about the security and confidentiality of the […]
Read More(KUTV) There are very few places off-limits for identity thieves. They don’t really care how they get your information—even if you’re sitting in a hospital. One woman found that out the hard way. “The dream was gone. Everything we worked for, gone,” Elsy, a victim of identity theft, says. Elsy was devastated after discovering the […]
Read MoreIrene Castelli’s husband Joe suffered from chest pain on Friday and was admitted to Staten Island University Hospital’s South Shore site, in Prince’s Bay. He was still there Monday, but anyone who wanted to know about Joe could find plenty about him without asking. His medical record was left in a dumpster in the back […]
Read MorePAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — The FBI is investigating a dumpster full of medical documents that Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt found outside an office complex in Hiram. Cavitt called authorities after finding the documents full of people’s sensitive identification and medical information. The caller who gave Cavitt the tip said the documents were in the dumpster […]
Read MoreJohns Hopkins is investigating whether patient privacy was compromised by a former gynecologist who was found dead on Monday. Nikita A. Levy, according to the Baltimore Sun, has been accused of recording and saving images of patients with personal photo and video equipment. Baltimore police found what they termed an “extraordinary” volume of evidence at […]
Read MoreA hacker may have recently gained access to an employee’s work computer account at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, putting the personal information of roughly 43,000 patients at risk, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report. The breach, the health system announced this week, initially was discovered by hospital officials two months ago, on Dec. 14, 2012; […]
Read MoreTanya Cullens, formerly a cleaning staff employee at University Community Hospital, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, wire fraud, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. In January 2012, Cullens stole a patient list from the hospital and provided it to a co-conspirator, according to her plea agreement in federal […]
Read MoreFinancial crime is probably one of the last things people have on their minds when they go to the doctor’s office. Every day, millions of Americans fill out forms in waiting rooms and surrender troves of personal information without thinking there could be an identity thief lurking among the stacks of a records-keeping room. But […]
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