Potential security breach at Cooper Univ. Hospital
July 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Healthcare Sector, U.S.
Katherine Scott reports: A thumb drive that contained personal data about current and past graduate medical education residents and fellows at Cooper University Hospital has gone missing. Hospital sources tell Action News the thumb drive went missing... Read more...
Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
July 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Exposure, Healthcare Sector, Of Note, Paper, U.S.
See the companion press release from the FTC in a previous post. Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996... Read more...
Rite Aid Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Protect Medical and Financial Privacy of Customers and Employees
July 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Exposure, Healthcare Sector, Of Note, Paper, U.S.
The following is the FTC’s press release. In the next post, I’ll publish HHS’s press release on their settlement with Rite Aid. Rite Aid Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the... Read more...
The plot thickens….
July 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Healthcare Sector, Lost or Missing, Subcontractor, U.S.
Steve Adams reports: A Pennsylvania company hired by South Shore Hospital to dispose of patient records outsourced the work to a second company, contributing to delays announcing the disappearance of 800,000 patients’ files. Phoenixville, Pa.-based... Read more...