Posted on 09/12/2020 4:11:55 AM PDT by NautiNurse
TAMPA (WFLA) – Moffitt Cancer Center is notifying patients that a briefcase containing personal patient information was stolen from a physician’s car in July.
According to the cancer center on July 4, Moffitt learned about the potential breach that affected over 4,000 patents.
The briefcase contained two personal storage devices, which were not encrypted, and printouts of clinical schedules, according to a patient notice posted Sept. 2 on Moffitt’s website. The information included patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers and some information about what kind of medical treatment those patients received at Moffitt.
Moffitt says patients social security numbers and financial information were not affected.
The information stolen involves certain patients who received care through the Blood and Marrow Transplant Department.
In an abundance of caution, Moffitt began mailing letters Sept. 2 to affected patients, encouraging them to review all statements from their health care providers and to verify all services.
LOL--Sentenced to mopping and bed pans. Like!
There are no laws requiring disclosure of guilty parties, only disclosure of the incident. In many cases, the organization’s CISO will act as the whipping boy/girl for the incident, but I’ve not seen them come forward either. Barring a FOIA request, I don’t think they’re required to disclose payment of fines under HIPAA either.
Did you do an internet search for skin cancer and/or doctor? We have repeatedly noticed internet searches are quickly followed by same-topic and/or same-company television and internet advertisements.
My wife is a retired 80 year old RN, who was an RN from age 21 to 75. She still tries to keep up things that impact her family/friends.
Sometimes after a Google or some other search on x disease or treatment, she will get a text message from a vendor with a treatment or treatment center for the disease.
Creepy! We are being watched and tracked in so many ways.
Last time I checked, HIPAA fines were essentially not enforced. No wonder breaches occur all the time.
“Creepy! We are being watched and tracked in so many ways.”
My wife prefers to use her cell phone for searches as it is easier to hold.
I use my Chromebook with a couple of major ad blockers and eliminate most of the stuff at my level. Who knows what happens at an unknown level.
It’s a toothless law, really. I’ve worked in IT in both healthcare and finance, and I can tell you that people care a LOT about their money, but personal health data is waved off as incidental damage in the event of a loss or breach.
To me what is even creepier is how long they keep this stuff.
Our older son is 55, and he went to college and after graduation, he lived here for a few months.
About once every 2/3 months he still gets junk at this address, 30 years later.
Stolen briefcase or sold,have to ask questions some times.
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