Worst Health Privacy Breaches of 2009

In the light of the HITECH act increasing the responsibilities surrounding patient information privacy breaches you may be interested in this interesting compilation of health record privacy breaches for 2009.

 

“Hospitals, pharmacies and health insurance companies are among the hardest hit when it comes to hacker attacks, stolen laptops, spying employees and other information security mishaps. Healthcare organizations are losing more than just names and Social Security numbers. When their data gets stolen, patients lose the privacy of their medical conditions and treatments while at the same time falling prey to identity theft, medical billing fraud and other criminal schemes.”

To read this external article at Networkworld in its entirety, please click:
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/090209-health-breaches.html?ts0hb&story=privacy