GAS Goal, Physio input, press notes, equipment and discharge summary. IGI/3460 HCA 13-Jul-15 50-100 A member of the public informed the hospital that Personal when searching for information about a consultant, Information at risk they clicked on a Google link and were able to access information relating to some HCA In Vitro Both demographic Fertilisation (IVF) patients that had been sent to a and clinically Dictation Centre in India for typing. Lister Hospital sensitive IVF (part of HCA International) regularly sends information dictation tapes to India to get the data transcribed. regarding current Dictation tapes have both demographic and treatment and clinically sensitive information regarding current planned treatment treatment and planned treatment of the patients. of IVF patients One of our IVF patients contacted Lister hospital regarding information about IVF patients being publicly available through google.co.uk. Lister Fertility clinic subsequently contacted the transcription company about this incident. The company admitted that the information was breached and that they will carry out further investigations including contacting Google to take the pages down. HCA IT further contacted the company and asked them to do a series of steps to minimise the risk of more people viewing patient information that was breached.
GAS Goal, Physio input, press notes, equipment and discharge summary. IGI/3460 HCA 13-Jul-15 50-100 A member of the public informed the hospital that when searching for information about a consultant, they clicked on a Google link and were able to access information relating to some HCA In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) patients that had been sent to a Dictation Centre in India for typing. Lister Hospital IVF (part of HCA International) regularly sends dictation tapes to India to get the data transcribed. Dictation tapes have both demographic and clinically sensitive information regarding current treatment and planned treatment of the patients. One of our IVF patients contacted Lister hospital regarding information about IVF patients being publicly available through google.co.uk. Lister Fertility clinic subsequently contacted the transcription company about this incident. The company admitted that the information was breached and that they will carry out further investigations including contacting Google to take the pages down. HCA IT further contacted the company and asked them to do a series of steps to minimise the risk of more people viewing patient information that was breached. Personal Information at risk Both demographic and clinically sensitive information regarding current treatment and planned treatment of IVF patients
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