MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'identity theft'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636438&cid=t_144858_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fidentity-theft-in-a-south-african-morgue%2F2011.03.25 Amazingly enough, no matter how crazy our country gets we are a darn sight better than many of our neighbours. Many people from countries around us flee to South Africa for a better life. Only problem is for the better life you sometimes have to produce a South African identity document. These can be easily bought from corrupt government officials, but why buy one if you can borrow one? I was working in Qwaqwa. It was an amazingly poverty-stricken place with what seemed to me to be almost total joblessness. I truly don’t know how the people survived. And yet people from neighbouring Lesotho would still move there illegally. I’ve never been to Lesotho personally but if Qwaqwa was a better proposition, then I can’t even imagine how bad life in Lesotho must have been. Anyway... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636438 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4636438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3468064&cid=t_144858_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fa-talk-with-the-fbi%2F7573%2F Do you have a backup plan for your important files? Hard drives always fail eventually. What would happen if your hard drive failed right now? Our DropBox review looks at a great free application that can help you backup and synchronize your important files across multiple computers. Best of all the basic DropBox plan is free.I recently had a chance to talk with an FBI agent who works with computer evidence. Here are some of the things I took away from the conversation.  A lot of his job is fairly easy  because most criminals have no idea how a computer works. I asked if he ran into any type of encryption very often and he said it was very rare. There was only one case where someone was using encryption and he said it was completely luck that they were able to catch him because he hadn&#... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3468064 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:00:07 +0100 3468064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2080971&cid=t_144858_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Faudio-and-transcript-of-meeting-on.html In case, as I did, you missed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's Oct. 15 town hall on medical identity theft, you can download an MP3 audio recording and a transcript (Microsoft Word document) of the proceedings. Warning: the MP3 file is a whopping 286 MB. It took me about 7 minutes to download on a typical residential cable Internet connection. It will take you 5 hours and 12 minutes to listen to the whole thing if you're so inclined.More details of the ONC-sponsored assessment on medical identity theft are at http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/privacy/identytheft.html ONC promises a full report sometime this winter on issues related to health IT and identity theft, as well as a recommended roadmap for addressing these issues. (Source: Neil Versel's Health... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2080971 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:00 +0100 2080971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1865677&cid=t_144858_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F415172137%2F In observance of still more ancient traditions, we are signing off a little early this evening. Thank you all for stopping by as often as you did this week and we look forward to interacting with you again in a couple of days. On that note, we would like to remind you to feel free to forward items our way. Meanwhile, we leave you with these… Bristol-Myers Workers Win Extra ID Protection (Hartford Business) Euro RSCG Wins Glaxo’s Levitra Ad Account (AdWeek) Merck & Lilly Open Vaults For TB Research (The Seattle Times) Conflicting Data On COPD Inhaler (Associated Press) (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1865677 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:56:20 +0100 1865677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782623&cid=t_144858_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F387758860%2F You think that it can never happen to you, but it can. Yesterday I received a letter from Bank of New York Mellon. These guys are the idiots that gave unencrypted computer data tapes to a third party vendor. The vendor was hired to store the tapes in a top secret, undisclosed location, but unfortunately a couple of those tapes fell off the back of a truck before they made it to their final destination. Yeah, someone stole them and now over 12 million social security numbers along with other personal data has been breached. Guess what the letter said. Yes indeed, the bad guys got my personal information. So now what do I do? I called the bank’s worthless 1-800 number and demanded to know which third party vendor lost my information. Are you ready for this….they wouldn’t give out that... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782623 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:35:14 +0100 1782623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1437088&cid=t_144858_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F288964691%2F There have been so many security breaches involving the drugmaker over the past year that we are losing track. The latest involved an unencrypted USB flash drive that was recently stolen from a Pfizer employee’s car, along with an encrypted laptop and some personal items. The unencrypted flash drive contained info regarding approximately 13,000 Pfizer pfolks. Unlike the previous breaches, Pfizer has this time decided, “after careful consideration,” that the latest incident doesn’t warrant free credit monitoring, based on the type of info exposed, and not exposed, according to a statement sent to us by Pfizer. Social security numbers, for instance, weren’t stored on the drive. Pfizer is now encrypting laptops and desktops worldwide and anticipate that project ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1437088 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:26:16 +0100 1437088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1455488&cid=t_144858_118_f&fid=36984&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthManagementRx%2F%7E3%2F279547781%2Fwaiting-for-killer-app-why-i-dont-give.html Just before moving to Holland, I received a letter from the community hospital in my old hometown, where I was both a patient and an employee.The letter informed me that my medical record was stored on a laptop that was stolen. This wasn't my first experience dealing with identity theft. Nor will it be my last.When I was 17 and applying for federal student aid, I learned my social security number and name had been appropriated and used to apply for credit cards.Since I wasn't in my thirties living in the Midwest, this was relatively easy to clear up. I just had to prove my identity and then reapply for student loans (overlay heavy sarcasm here). I had to take back possession of my data.Studying Shakespeare with an SMCM contingent in England during the summer between my junior and senior ye... Health Management Rx blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1455488 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:31:00 +0100 1455488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1046062&cid=t_144858_113_f&fid=36671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.medicdrive.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F11%2F22%2Fpersonal-health-vault%2F Health records to go electronic or not ? That’s the question across the world now.In Canada,a recent survey recent survey sponsored by Canada Health Infoway, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and Health Canada showed that about 87 per cent of those polled believe EHRs will make diagnosis quicker and more accurate, while 82 per cent believe they will reduce prescription error. Eighty-four per cent of respondents would like to be able to access their own medical records online, while 77 per cent would like audit trails that document access to their health information.Canada info-way a non-profit organization is working on implementing electronic health records nationwide.But,across the atlantic ocean in a survey among GP’s across U.K a poll by by Medix, a healthca... Constructive Medicine 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1046062 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:48:51 +0100 1046062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=903797&cid=t_144858_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F161064834%2F The drugmaker has contacted federal authorities in hopes they will prosecute a former employee responsible for a data breach that affected 34,000 people, according to info released by the Connecticut attorney general, The Day reports. This was one of three episodes involving Pfizer data breaches this year; the first one affected 17,000 former and current employees. Pfizer attorney Bernard Nash, in a five-page response to questions posed earlier this month by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, said the drugmaker contacted “a management-level federal prosecutor” and now hopes the former employee will be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law.” In his Sept. 12 letter, Nash writes that Pfizer learned of the data breach after the suspect had left the drugmaker. The suspect... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=903797 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:57:12 +0100 903797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853882&cid=t_144858_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F154201741%2F The comments on the drugmaker’s Intranet system, known as Pfizer World, are largely filled with venom over the handling of the string of security breaches, which compromised personal data for tens of thousands of current and former Pfizer employees so far this year. The episodes prompted attention for law enforcement and a putative class-action lawsuit. Here is breach one, two and three. The Day, a newspaper that circulates near Pfizer’s Groton, Ct., R&D facility, ran a few employee remarks… • “Let’s see…401K match in an underperforming stock and the ability to have your personal information leaked to the world. This is a premier employer?” asks a posting from New Jersey. • “This is pathetic,” writes an employee from Pfizer Global Research &#0... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853882 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:51:55 +0100 853882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=839135&cid=t_144858_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F152003514%2F They say bad things often happen in threes…. The latest snafu reportedly affects an estimated 34,000 current and former Pfizer employees who, of course, are now at risk for identity theft, according to an Aug. 24 letter to employees obtained by The Detroit News. The breach may have caused employee names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, bank account numbers, credit card info, signatures and other personal data to be publicly exposed. The breach occurred late last year when a Pfizer employee removed copies of confidential info from a Pfizer computer system without the drugmaker’s knowledge or approval, the paper reports. Pfizer didn’t become aware of the breach until July 10. This is the third time since May that Pfizer has acknowledged a ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=839135 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:16:59 +0100 839135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=580782&cid=t_144858_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fmedical-privacy-americans-have.html As my friends, relatives and blog readers know, I believe strongly that medical privacy is an important but overlooked issue today. New York City is currently seizing the results of hemoglobin A1C tests (largely, although not exclusively, given to patients with diabetes) without even disclosing the results are being taken, providing no means for patients to opt-out of the registry itself, and has refused to disclose how (if they would at all) deal with a breach of patient privacy should that ever occur. Although the registry applies largely to people who live in New York City, the fact is that anyone from the suburbs who has labwork done in New York City or sees a physician in the city may also find themselves on the registry.In April 2004, President George W. Bush called for the Departmen... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=580782 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:50:00 +0100 580782