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NewsInternet worm compromises data of 176,000 at health system, university
A Internet worm potentially exposed the personal information of 176,567 individuals, including that of VCU Health System and Virginia Commonwealth University employees and students, according to Read more...
$1M worth of equipment, patient info missing from VA hospital
The lack of recording inventory may be to blame for missing medical equipment worth more than a $1 million that contained patient information at a Florida VA hospital. Among the list of expensive Read more...
Unencrypted thumb drive compromises veterans' health info
Unencrypted thumb drive. "Those three words don't make VA CIOs happy," said Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker during his monthly data breach press briefing on Nov. 17. An employee had used Read more...
Stolen ER patient data prompts hospital to offer free credit monitoring
Five people in an identity-theft ring were charged Wednesday with stealing ER patient identities at Holy Cross Hospital and an Aventura doctor's office, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ring used Read more...
Hospital IT worker jailed for abusing co-worker data
A former employee at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing the names, birthdays and Social Security numbers of his Read more...
Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud
Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL), Read more...
Trend: Identity thieves get better at stealing medical records
Recently, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on stealing medical records--and have begun using better methods to get patient data, too. Medical records offer a rich trove of Read more...
NY hospital worker charged with massive file theft
A New York hospital employee was charged this weekend with stealing almost 50,000 patient files and selling some of them. The worker, patient admissions representative Dwight McPherson, was accused Read more...
Dental HMO leaks personal information to website
Here we go again! As reported by the Baltimore Sun, a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield dental HMO accidentally leaked personal information--including Social Security numbers--of around 75,000 patients Read more...
| Press ReleasesMMIC Group Introduces Cyber Solutions© Data Security Coverage for Physicians and HospitalsMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Midwestern medical liability insurance company MMIC Group, Inc. has introduced Cyber Solutions©, which provides comprehensive coverage for data breaches, invasions of Read more >> Eisenhower Medical Center Reports Theft of Computer and TelevisionRANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisenhower Medical Center (EMC) has implemented additional security procedures and protocols to help ensure patient privacy and security after a Read more >> nuBridges Takes Sensitive Data Tokenization to the CloudnuBridges announces nuBridges Protect™ Tokenization as a Service (TaaS) – the first managed solution to provide tokenization for Personally Identifiable Information, Electronic Health Records and Read more >> |
