University of Michigan Health Systems Admits Patient Data Stolen

UPDATE – Some 4,000 University of Michigan Health Systems patients had their medical data compromised last month when a vendor’s laptop containing medication log files was stolen from a vehicle. That medication management provider, Mountain View, Calif.-based Omnicell, admits it violated both its...

Massachusetts Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.5m After Stolen Laptop HIPAA Violation

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Boston-based hospital, agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HSS earlier this week, settling a HIPAA violation stemming from a 2010 incident. The agreement acknowledges that the hospital failed to comply with...

Information of Nearly 4,000 Beth Israel Patients at Risk in Stolen Laptop Incident

The information of nearly 4,000 patients at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BIDMC may have been leaked according to a report from the Boston Globe over the weekend. A laptop was stolen from the Harvard-associated teaching hospital on May 22 that could yield the incomplete medical...