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Rip of the Week: South Carolina Hospital Breached by Laptop Theft

Another hospital has suffered a costly and dangerous data breach. This one, it turns out, actually happened a few months ago. WSPA reports that Spartanburg Regional Hospital in Spartanburg, SC, has warned “potentially thousands” of patients that their personal information could be at risk thanks to a stolen laptop. An employee’s work laptop was stolen [...]

HIMSS Report Reveals False Sense of Security for Patient Data

A report from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reveals some interesting new findings about the state of data security in the healthcare sector and, as most would agree, healthcare-related data is among the most sensitive of all. Healthcare IT News has a very helpful summary article about the report, and a blog [...]

Rip of the Week: Psychiatric Hospital Breaches Data of 24,600

Here’s another medical data breach–and a second one from Kentucky recently, no less. Last week’s Rip involved Bowling Green, with a breach of 5,418. This week, we’re hearing about Our Lady of Peace, a psychiatric hospital.
Officials there are sending letters to 24,600 patients affected by the loss of a flash drive. The Courier-Journal reports, and [...]

Rip of the Week: Medical Data of 5,306,000 Individuals Breached Since 2008

As the healthcare industry moves toward electronic medical records (EMRs), fear about their security continues to be fed by statistics such as these, reported by InformationWeek. Thanks to Redemtech for the tip. In a good synopsis, Nicole Lewis reports on a new study from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), which revealed that [...]

Rip of the Week: Hospital Apologizes for Medical Data Breach

We’ll combine a couple of medical data thefts for this week’s Rip of the Week.
First, the San Francisco Business Times reports that UC San Francisco reported a laptop theft that occurred on our about November 30, breaching 4,400 patients of the UCSF School of Medicine. The data included names, medical record numbers, age and clinical [...]

Rip of the Week: 2,000 People Breached by Stolen Laptop in Guam

The latest medical laptop theft in focus comes from Guam Memorial Hospital. Thanks go to lyger on the DatalossDB list for the tip. According to a report at KUAM News, officials at GMH reveal that a laptop was stolen in late October from a locked office at the hospital, and they are investigating how this [...]