Health Care. Health Care More than 1,400 medical records compromised in Texas breach By Adam Greenberg April 11, 2014 More than 1,400 medical records were compromised after unauthorized access was gained to the health records system used by a Texas cardiology clinic.
HHS reveals "high-risk" security issues at Medicaid agencies By Danielle Walker April 07, 2014 An HHS report, based on audits between 2010 and 2012, noted serious vulnerabilities affecting 10 state Medicaid agencies. Electronic audits can prevent, catch data breaches. By Pamela Lewis Dolan — covered health information technology issues and social media topics affecting physicians.
Connect with the columnist: @Plewisdolan — Posted Sept. 17, 2012. The recent FBI arrest of an employee of Florida Hospital Celebration Health helped to underscore two important points about electronic health record systems: They make valuable data easy for rogue employee to access, and they also make it easier for those employees to be caught. Three fired for accessing records of Tucson shooting victims. News January 13, 2011 11:32 AM ET Computerworld - Three employees at Tucson's University Medical Center have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of some of the victims in last Saturday's shooting spree outside an area mall that killed six people and wounded 13, including U.S.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). A nurse working under contract for the hospital has also been terminated by her employer, the medical center said in a brief statement on its Web site. Many of the victims, including Giffords, are being treated at the hospital. According to UMC, three clinical support staff members were caught inappropriately accessing the confidential electronic medical records of some of the victims. So far there is no indication that any of the improperly accessed information has been released publicly, the statement said.
UMC has implemented "sophisticated technology" to prevent and detect such improper access, the statement said. Miami hospital employees fired for inappropriately accessing records. The University of Miami Health System fired two University of Miami Hospital employees who it says inappropriately accessed patient information from registration “face sheets” and potentially sold the information to a third party, according to an announcement on the company’s website. The health system reported is has no indication medical records are at risk. The hospital’s “face sheets” include name, address, date of birth, insurance policy numbers and a reason for the visit. The hospital noted that some social security numbers for patient records only include the last four digits, but some health insurance plans, like Medicare and Medicaid, continue to use social security numbers as policy numbers. The face sheets do not include patient information like test results or other patient care or financial information, the health system reported.
The two employees admitted improper conduct. Journal of Nursing. Nursing Journals : American Society of Registered Nurses. LOS ANGELES (ASRN.ORG) - William Wells arrived at the emergency room at St.
Mary Medical Center in Long Beach mortally wounded. The 60-year-old had been stabbed more than a dozen times by a fellow nursing home resident, his throat slashed so savagely he was almost decapitated. Instead of focusing on treating him, an employee said, St. Hospital Employee Fired for Accessing Records. Hospital Fires Employees for Accessing Patient’s Files. Former Hospital Worker Arrested for Accessing, Selling Patient Records. Following a 10-month investigation, the FBI has arrested a former employee of Florida Hospital Celebration Health for accessing patients' emergency department records and selling them to a solicitor for attorneys and chiropractors, WFTV reports (WFTV, 8/17).
Details of Breach Dale Munroe -- who registered ED patients at Celebration Health -- allegedly accessed the files of patients who were treated for injuries resulting from automobile accidents at multiple hospitals across the state, according to the FBI investigation (Goedert, Health Data Management, 8/22). According to the complaint in U.S.A. v. Munroe, Munroe accessed about 763,000 patient records from late 2009 through mid-2011. The complaint stated that Munroe sold the information to firms that then contacted the patients and asked if they needed a referral to a lawyer or chiropractor. Munroe and his wife allegedly were paid approximately $10,000 for information from the records. Hospital Employees May Have Sold Patient Data - Technology & science - Security.