Category: Healthcare

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1. Hospital loses confidential medical records for 2000 patients

   Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 12 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Lastest Data Breaches

   NHS Stoke on Trentl data loss incident circa 2010-03-12
   

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2. 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

3. 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...
   

   Medical ID thefts can harm patients' health; Prosecutors go after Medicare fraud - THE MEDICAL NEWS  
   Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults - NetworkWorld.com  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Joe Ryan   Jennifer Trussell

4. 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.
   

   Military Health System develops EHR for White House - healthcareitnews.com  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   David Blumenthal   Atlanta

5. 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

6. 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.
   

   Docs Urge FTC to Exempt Health Care from Red Flags Rule - HomeCare magazine  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Red Flags   U.S. District Court   District Court

7. 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.
   

   12,000 Patients Exposed After A Former Employee Was Found In Possession Of A Limited Amount Of Patient Billing Data - OSF Data Loss Database  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   HHS   Boston

8. 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
   

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9. 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.
   

   AvMed Breach Exposes 200,000 Customers' Info - internetnews.com  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Maryland   BlueCross   Department of Defense

10. 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
    

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11. 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.
    

    'nhin Direct' launched for simpler data exchange - healthcareitnews.com  
    

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12. 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 ...
    

    Healthcare Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals - hhs.gov  
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   HHS   Tennessee   Joseph Goedert

13. 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.
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   USB

14. 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
    

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15. 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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