Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
This database was last updated in December 2015 ago and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data on breaches affecting 500 or more people is available at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Breach Portal.
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SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Issue: … containing patient private health information (PHI) on his personal Facebook site.On 10/8/13 at 2 pm, the Director of Human …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280
AHMC ANAHEIM REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Issue: … Patient D on a social media website ( Facebook ) and was available to an unknown number of unauthorized individuals. The …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY
Issue: … stated that an employee of the facility had used a social networking site ( Facebook ), to post that "[Patient 1's name] was in the …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280
RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Issue: … ) and posted them on facebook (a social internet site). This failed practice resulted in unauthorized persons having access …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280
ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
Issue: … breaches with use of social media such as facebook , twitter, my space, and sypke during the annual Health Insurance …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
HEMET VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
Issue: … notification on Facebook (a form of social media): "Prayers please out to our cousin "...(Patient A's name) sr." Hes here at the …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Health & Safety Code 1280
VA Mid South Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Reported as: VISN 09 Memphis, TN
Issue: … Facebook . On Tuesday (8/9/2011) a female Veteran also called and complained to the Privacy Officer that the same VA employee …
Outcome: The VA employee who was investigated provided excuse that as a VA employee, she has right to log into CPRS\VistA to look up and provide information to patients. She insisted the complainant called to ask her to verify his upcoming…
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Issue: … Employee 1 was a Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit. On 12/15/10, someone left a copy of two Facebook (a social …
Outcome: Deficiency cited by the California Department of Public Health: Patients' Rights
VA Southwest Health Care Network (VISN 18)
Reported as: VISN 18 Phoenix, AZ
Issue: … is posting information about what the VA has done on Facebook , Twitter, and the local press. The VA Police have been unsuccessful in getting the VA information back on Veteran A. …
Outcome: The Outpatient Chief discussed and counseled the employee involved in the incident. Disciplinary action is being reviewed. A HIPAA notification and complaint response were drafted for Regional Counsel review. The letters to both Veterans A & B were signed by…
South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Reported as: VISN 16 Muskogee, OK
Issue: … of a patient with his buttocks exposed on her Facebook account with a saying that this is what she has been looking at for …
Outcome: Employee resigned effective immediately.