4,500 receive insurance cards for others
4,500 receive insurance cards for others
- 4,500 insurance cards are being resent after being sent to the wrong people
- Providence Health Plans
- No social security numbers or patient data was leaked
Categories: Healthcare Tags: Insurance, Mailing
Potential HIPAA privacy violation at Indianapolis hospital
Potential HIPAA privacy violation at Indianapolis hospital: The patient was a reporter for a TV station and the person who received the bill was an attorney. I wonder if neither was the case would this have become public? These types of errors are often reported as one time event, however I highly suspect that the occurrences are common however the reporting is sporadic.
Categories: Healthcare Tags: HIPAA, Indiana
Medical information for 10,000 compromised after two breaches
Medical information for 10,000 compromised after two breaches. SSN, birth date, immunization records. Stolen laptop and stolen flash drive.
Categories: Healthcare Tags: Credit Monitoring, Michigan, Stolen flash drive, Stolen laptop
Interesting case 1,000+ pathology records accessed. Do the patients need to be notified?
Interesting case: 1,000+ pathology records accessed. Do the patients need to be notified?
Categories: Healthcare Tags: New Hampshire, Patient notification, SSN
Unencrypted memory stick with patient information lost
Unencrypted memory stick with patient information lost in the post. Contained contact and medical information. Lost in the post.
Categories: Healthcare Tags: memory stick, Shropshire
Good, bad & ugly of EMR
The good, bad and the ugly of electronic medical records. While electronic medical records promise massive opportunities for health benefits, the privacy and security risks are equally enormous....Goal of getting EMR for every American by 2014.
Categories: Healthcare Tags: EMR, HIPAA
Privacy and security are obstacles for healthcare using email
Forbes: Privacy and security are obstacles for healthcare using email. Inability to communicate electronically does inhibit quality care.
Categories: Healthcare Tags: Email, Kryptiq
Personal information stolen from Detroit’s health department
Personal information stolen from Detroit's health department. Two incidents with missing patient records from Detroit's health department. 5,000 individuals were potentially effected.
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Device Theft, Michigan