Approximately 15,000 documents of patients from 16 states and five countries were breached and stolen by a disgruntled employee of an LA based plastic surgery center. We review steps you can take to protect yourself from similar breaches.
Because the Honor System Doesn’t Work Electronic record systems contain a vast trove of interesting information – which can be a great temptation for a curious employee when they know that their relative, friend or neighbor was in the clinic. It has been 15... Read More
AccessHealthCT, the health insurance exchange in Connecticut, announced that an employee of a contractor left a backpack containing the protected health information of 400 of the state’s residents on the street. The information left behind was written on a notepad and... Read More
Webinar on June 26 will explain how your organization can install and use these model notices. HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invite health care providers and health plan representatives to... Read More
An employee at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego inadvertently emailed a spreadsheet containing the protected health information of more than 14,000 patients to a handful of job applicants on June 6th, 2014. The investigation of this breach uncovered a... Read More
