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UCLA Employee Indicted For Celebrity Privacy Violations

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:55 UT

Hospital employee sells celebrity medical info to tabloids.

Tags: celebrity privacy, criminal charges, HIPAA, indictment, privacy violation, tabloids

Medical Records Privacy & Security

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:15 UT

Enforcement and litigation

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:15 UT

HIPAA / State Privacy Regulations

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:15 UT

HIPAA Security Regulations

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:15 UT

Medical Records

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:33:15 UT

GA Supreme Court Rules HIPAA Preempts State Medmal Law

Mon, 21 May 2007 17:00:00 UT

A Georgia statute that requires a medical information release be filed with state medical malpractice actions is invalid as conflicting with HIPAA,

31,000 Identities At Risk Due To Laptop Loss

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:00:00 UT

Seattle insurer loses data on 31,000 patients and employees.

Rhode Island Patient Finds Record Leak

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:00:00 UT

Two thousand patients of Westerly (RI) Hospital are at risk of identity theft after their names, Social Security numbers, and medical records appeared on a public Web site, The Boston Globe reports.

Employee Sues Over Access To Records By Physician Lover-wannabe

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:00:00 UT

A Massachusetts hospital employee has filed suit in Berkshire Superior Court against a physician, alleging that he unethically reviewed her medical records at the hospital because he was romantically interested in her.

Nursing Home Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Credit Cards Of Patients

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:00:00 UT

A night-shift employee at an Encinitas, CA, nursing home has admitted she took credit cards from elderly residents

VA Loses More Data On Hundreds Of Thousands Of Vets

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:00:00 UT

VA and VA’s Office of Inspector General have learned that data files the employee was working with may have included sensitive VA-related information on approximately 535,000 individuals.

Hospitals Usually Not Insured Against HIPAA Security And Identity Theft Incidents

Stephen A. Frew JD — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:00:00 UT

Most hospitals are uninsured or seriously under-insured for computer security breaches or employee identity theft exposures.

Hospital Employee Targets Wealthy Patients For Identity Theft

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:00:00 UT

Felony identity theft charges have been brought against Wisconsin hospital patient representative.

State Disclosure Law Trumps HIPAA

Stephen A. Frew — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:00:00 UT

State officials cannot block disclosure of mandated public access information.