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Hospital loses confidential medical records for 2000 patients
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 12 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Lastest Data Breaches
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Medical records found in drive-thru trash can
Explore Article kens5.com (Mar 12 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches
Under the 2005 Identity Theft Enforcement Act, businesses are required to have procedures in place to destroy customers' personal information. The state can fine businesses $500 to $2000 per abandoned record.Comment on Article Mentions: Adobe
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Medical Records the Latest Target for ID Thieves
View all 6 articles » Explore Article CBN.com (Mar 11 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft
Health insurance is becoming a new target for identity thieves. Anndorie Sachs is one victim. She had no idea her medical identity had been stolen until the phone rang -- and Child Protective Services was on the line. "They stated I was under investigation because the baby I just had tested positive for methamphetamine," Sachs recalled. But...Comment on Article Mentions: Joe Ryan Jennifer Trussell
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ONC publishes certification rule, triggers comment period
View all 2 articles » Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (Mar 11 2010) Consumer , Government , Healthcare , Compliance
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology published its proposed rule on certification of electronic health records on Tuesday in the Federal Register, launching the comment period. David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, unveiled the rule on March 2 at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society's annual conference in Atlanta.Comment on Article Mentions: David Blumenthal Atlanta
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Compliance Week: Massachusetts’ Tough Privacy Law Takes Effect
Explore Article Compliance Week (Mar 9 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Higher Ed , Compliance
Corporate compliance, legal, and IT officers entered a brave new world last week, when Massachusetts’ strict new data privacy law finally went into effect. The law, bureaucratically known as 201 CMR 17.00, took hold on March 1 after a year of delays...Comment on Article Mentions: Massachusetts
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Should Feds Remove Small Practices from Red Flags Compliance?
View all 2 articles » Explore Article healthleadersmedia.com (Mar 9 2010) Healthcare , Compliance
An author on Red Flags Rule compliance tells HealthLeaders Media that eliminating small practices from complying with the FTC's identity theft prevention program regulation would lead to more identity violations.Comment on Article Mentions: Red Flags U.S. District Court District Court
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Data Breaches Revealed At Local Hospitals
View all 2 articles » Explore Article thebostonchannel.com (Mar 3 2010) Healthcare , Compliance , Lastest Data Breaches
At Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, the credit card information of 1,076 people may have been compromised... a data breach affecting 528 people at Brown University... the laptop of a former Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center employee was stolen... and According to HHS, the electronic medical records of more than 1,800 patients at an unidentified private medical practice in Stoughton were also stolen in December.Comment on Article Mentions: HHS Boston
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Names, addresses, medical information and some Social Security numbers of 12,500 on stolen laptop
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 5 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , ID Theft Prevention , Lastest Data Breaches
Shands HealthCare data loss incident circa 2010-03-01 -
Data theft creates notification nightmare for BlueCross
View all 2 articles » Explore Article BusinessWeek (Mar 2 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach
A break-in one evening last October at a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is proving expensive for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Over the past five months, the company has employed a small army of workers to sort through the aftermath of what has proved to be a large and complex breach.Comment on Article Mentions: Maryland BlueCross Department of Defense
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Spreadsheet containing patient information, including Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers exposed on file sharing network
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 2 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , ID Theft Prevention , Lastest Data Breaches
Open Door Clinic data loss incident circa 2010-02-26 -
Standards panel wrestles with patient access to EHRs under new rule
View all 2 articles » Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (Feb 25 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Compliance
Members of the Health IT Standards Committee believe more federal clarification will be required surrounding patient access to their electronic health records (EHRs), as required under the interim final rule on standards and certification. At the HIT Standards Committee meeting on Wednesday, experts said the rule is not clear enough on how a provider must grant a patient access to their electronic records and what the record must include. -
HHS Posts Data Breach Notifications
View all 2 articles » Explore Article Health Data Management (Feb 24 2010) Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach
The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a Web page listing covered entities that have reported breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting more than 500 individuals. The posting is mandated under the HITECH Act, and comes as the grace period for enforcement of the data breach ...Comment on Article Mentions: HHS Tennessee Joseph Goedert
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Data security breaches often triggered by carelessness
Explore Article American Medical Association (Feb 22 2010) Healthcare , Compliance
For physicians, a lost smartphone or forgotten laptop can mean a long, arduous process of notifying patients -- and the risk of penalties under HIPAA.
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Documents of 50 students discarded in trash contained names, addresses, medical records, health numbers and transcripts
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Feb 23 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Higher Ed , Lastest Data Breaches
Medix School London Campus data loss incident circa 2010-02-23 -
Cops say suspected data thief continued spending while awaiting trial
Explore Article News10.net (Feb 19 2010) Healthcare , Data Breach
A data breach involving Northern California Kaiser Permanente employees discovered a year ago has led to at least 400 Kaiser employees becoming victims of identity theft, according to criminal investigators.Comment on Article Mentions: Sacramento California Mike Schneider








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