What’s Your Medical Data Worth? More Than You Think

Two weeks ago, I discussed the difficulties of obtaining relevant data regarding medical identity theft.
I started my research in this field after I read some old stories on the Internet:

• Lind Weaver refused to pay hospital bills she received for the amputation of her right foot. It was in 2006, but the story still makes the headlines in 2011.
• Joe Ryan got a bill from a Denver, Colorado, hospital for a surgery. In was in 2004, but everybody talks about it today.
• The Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program welcome page was replaced in April 2009, with a US$10 million ransom demand.
• The Indian police arrested, in November 2009, the director of a business process outsourcing company for his involvement in stealing medical history data of a UK-based entity.