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Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients

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2008-02-04 10:47:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Hospitals Victims gynaecology cancer patients from Bolton, Wigan and Salford Number Affected 200 Types of Data names, addresses, information, their diagnosis and treatment and clinical correspondence between medical staff Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging to gynaecology cancer...
 
Tags: royal bolton hospital, bolton hospital, bolton hospitals, hospital, relevant hospital staff, hospital staff, patients, bolton, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Cisco Eying Into Indian Hospitals

2007-11-19 06:38:00 by MCSE Boot Camp Courses Delhi India in MCSE Training Courses, MCSE Certification Courses, MCSE Courses Delhi India
 
...Hospitals and Wockhardt in this respect Worlds major networks are using Cisco technology and equipments and India is no exception. Indian hospital industry is undergoing a major expansion spree these days and networking has emerged as an important element to make the move a big success With the aim of providing customized solutions Cisco is...
 
Tags: cisco, ace cisco systems, solutions cisco, systems, indian hospital chains, specialty, super-specialty segment, patients, medical grade networks
 
 
 
 
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Hospitals often fail to notify patients of data breaches

2008-04-11 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Hospitals often keep patients in the dark about data breaches exposing their medical records, because of regulatory loopholes
 
Tags: data breaches, hospitals, medical records, patients, regulatory loopholes, dark
 
 
 
 
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2.2 million billing records missing on stolen backup tape

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2008-06-11 12:33:06 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Hospitals & Clinics Perpetual Storage, Inc Victims Patients Number Affected approximately 2.2 million Types of Data names, related demographic information and diagnostic codes" additionally, "Records for a subset of 1.3 million patients also contained Social Security numbers Breach Description SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Billing records of 2.2...
 
Tags: tape, backup tape, backup, information, personal information, backup information tapes, million, utah, million people live
 
 
 
 
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Laptop missing from Russells Hall Hospital (UK)

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2008-02-15 14:08:13 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Hospitals Outpatient Department at Russells Hall Hospital Victims anticoagulation patients people who suffer from blood-thinning problems Number Affected 5,123 Types of Data medical records Breach Description A laptop was stolen from the Outpatient Department of Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, on January 8. The laptop...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, data, data protection, information security, data encryption software, russells hall hospital, hospital
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen in Royal Bolton Hospital break-in

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2007-12-19 15:24:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Hospitals NHS Trust Contractor/Consultant/Branch Royal Bolton Hospital Victims Patients who receive or have received oxygen treatments at home Number Affected 350 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, NHS numbers*, GP practices, and some details about the patient's oxygen supply It is the common unique identifier that makes it...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, royal bolton hospital, hospital, sensitive personal information, bolton, information, information security, share patient information
 
 
 
 
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Dr Beetroot and the Stolen Records

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2007-08-27 14:15:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
...hospitals, looking for medical records or hacking into medical systems Somehow there was a leak in the hospital and this is who the minister should be going after but its a lot easier to sue a newspaper than a hospital especially for the minister of health who would like to pretend that all is well with patient records in hospitals The...
 
Tags: sunday times, sunday times newspaper, records, information security, information, sunday times controversy, newspaper, public hospital, medical records
 
 
 
 
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HIPAA Growing Teeth, Round II?

2008-01-22 13:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...hospitals for HIPAA security compliance " paper claims that " The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin on-site reviews of hospitals compliance with security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Can these guys kick (eeeeh, "bite," not "kick," since we are talking about...
 
Tags: hipaa, round, hipaa security compliance, teeth, kick, health insurance portability, round deux, insecure healthcare ass, guys kick
 
 
 
 
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Stolen NHS flash drive contained adolescent information

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2008-03-06 11:23:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing January, 2008 - Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing January, 2008 - Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks January, 2008 - Medical information found in the road December, 2007 - Laptop stolen from...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, information security, confidential information, information security strategy, nhs, information disclosure, information security program
 
 
 
 
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Sandown Health Centre backup tape is missing

2008-05-27 13:14:16 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients January, 2008 - Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital microfiche film goes missing January, 2008 - Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing January, 2008 - Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks January, 2008 - Highly sensitive medical information found in the road December, 2007 -...