Tag Archives: Health & Safety

Probe into 25 deaths after trust admits ‘poor records’ (UK)

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Synercon

The deaths of 25 patients are under review by one of the UK’s biggest NHS trusts, after it admitted “poor record keeping”. Westminster and two other London local authorities have expressed “extreme concern” about lost data on referrals at Imperial … Continue reading →

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Inquiry call over missing NHS records

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Synercon

More than 100 health records – almost half of them in NHS Grampian – went missing in Scotland last year. The 104 files included personal details of children and sensitive health information, according to details in a Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

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Cancer fears after data mistakes at Imperial College (UK)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Synercon

Hundreds of patients thought to have cancer may have missed the chance of life-saving treatment, after mistakes by London’s largest hospital trust. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has uncovered errors in its record keeping, affecting up to 900 patients. Read … Continue reading →

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‘Uninvited’ Haiti earthquake teams neglected medical record keeping

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Synercon

Some foreign medical teams need to improve the way they respond to future disasters, according to an analysis of the devastating January 2010 Haiti earthquake.  Better medical record keeping and protocols that link surgical services with rehabilitation services are needed, … Continue reading →

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Emory Healthcare says 315,000 patient records missing, data compromised

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Synercon

ATLANTA—Emory Healthcare announced this week that backup disks containing approximately 315,000 patient records had gone missing from a storage location at Emory University Hospital. In a statement released Thursday, the Atlanta-based health care system said there had not been any … Continue reading →

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PG&E fined nearly $20 million for safety lapses in Contra Costa County

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Synercon

State regulators Thursday upheld a $16.8 million fine against PG&E for failing to inspect East Bay pipelines for gas leaks. The fine, which PG&E had appealed to the Public Utilities Commission, represents the first time that the commission’s Consumer Protection … Continue reading →

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NSW Auditor slams agency contract extensions (AUS)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Synercon

A recent audit by the NSW Audit Office criticised two state agencies for lack of transparency in contracting. NSW Police and NSW Health failed to produce records justifying a range of contract extensions worth $15million. Read more: ITNews February 1, … Continue reading →

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Red Cross fined $9.6M for sloppy recordkeeping

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Synercon

PHILADELPHIA – January 17, 2012 (WPVI) — A$9.6-million fine has been lodged against the Red Cross because of problems that federal inspectors found in Philadelphia. The government says the record keeping of blood donations at the Red Cross Donor and … Continue reading →

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Health Insurance Provider Health Net Loses 1.9 Million Records (US)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Synercon

Health Net, IBM Lose Drives with Stored Customer Records Managed health care provider Health Net said this week that “several” server drives managed by IBM had gone missing, putting possibly 1.9 million records containing the personal information of its customer … Continue reading →

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Charities criticise Haiti earthquake response

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Synercon

A “takeover” of Haiti’s health system by international relief workers after last year’s earthquake caused unnecessary deaths and undermined the country’s own fragile medical facilities, a British charity said. ActionAid, an international charity active in the Caribbean nation, expressed concern … Continue reading →

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FDA uncovers more problems at J&J Fort Washington plant (US)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Synercon

U.S. inspectors are still uncovering a host of problems at a Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plant that was the source of a major recall of dozens of popular children’s medications in ealy 2010. Inspectors from  the Food and Drug Administration … Continue reading →

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Derriford Hospital lost records after 28-year-old patient’s death (UK)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Synercon

HOSPITAL bosses are to review the way they deal with patients’ medical records following revelations that notes relating to the death of a young Plymouth woman have gone missing. The Plymouth Herald

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Ongoing issues with data loss in the UK

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Synercon

Firms breaching data protection A “horrifying” number of companies, government departments and other public bodies have breached data protection rules in the past year, a report says. The UK’s Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said bosses must take the personal data … Continue reading →

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Missing records a loss to asbestos research (AUS)

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Synercon

A FEDERAL government department has admitted “potentially losing” detailed records of 1000 asbestos-related disease cases required by researchers to better understand exposure risk. Sydney Morning Herald May 5, 2008

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Audit Says State Wasted $92 Million on Medicaid (US)

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Synercon

New York’s Medicaid system, the state’s largest single expense, lost at least $92 million to improper payments, billing errors and poor recordkeeping during the last five years, according to several audits released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.   The … Continue reading →

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Police doctor left confidential documents at public bin (UK)

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Synercon

Dr Kameran Kader, a former surgeon at the Charles Cross Police Station in Plymouth was accused of misconduct after he left some 700 confidential documents ripped up by a bin in the Lidget Green area of Bradford. The discovered documents … Continue reading →

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American Red Cross fined US$718 000 for poor record keeping

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Synercon

The Food and Drug Administration has fined the American Red Cross Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region office in Baltimore US$718,000 for failing to investigate and correct record-keeping irregularities. The investigation began after a Red Cross employee was found to be … Continue reading →

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Patients’ Private Records Found In Dumpster (US)

Posted on November 21, 2005 by Synercon

Medical records were left in and around garbage bins outside a shopping centre in Detroit. The medical facility involved stated that the records were housed at a secure storage facility and were supposed to have been destroyed. The medical centre … Continue reading →

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