When a center closes but we only had a few reviews for it, we delete it from our listings. When there were substantial problems, we offer it on the page for the type of problem. This means that one center can be on more than one page.
Listings are in alphabetical order by state and then city.
Iowa: Dubuque
Article from the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque:
Planned Parenthood leaves records in Dubuque; info of 2,500 potentially exposed
by Jeff Montgomery, July 6, 2016
Excerpt:
About 2,500 patients of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland’s now-closed Dubuque center recently were notified that their health records might have been among those left behind when the facility closed in April.
Public Relations Manager Rachel Lopez said hard copies of patient information were inadvertently left at the building at 3365 Hillcrest Road and that they might have been accessed by unauthorized parties following the center’s closure and ensuing building sale. . .
The documents were found by the building’s new owner May 6. Lopez said Planned Parenthood sent letters to all affected patients Friday, July 1 — nearly two months after the discovery . . .
Executive Director Kris Nauman said the documents were discovered during a May 6 final walk-through at the facility. Clarity Clinic closed on the building purchase later that day.
The medical information was located in a closet in “copy paper boxes” that were not sealed, she said.
Article from the Des Moines Register:
Patient records left at closed Dubuque Planned Parenthood center
by the Associated Press, July 6, 2016
Ohio: Columbus – Franklinton
Document:
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights
Health Information Privacy Complaint:
OH Columbus Franklinton HHS-OCR 2017
Concluding Paragraph:
My concern is that for a center funded by and servicing the public, the employees here do not know how to address health information and discussions but also, they do not know when they have violated a policy. This was a small lobby, people were present, they already mentioned my mom’s name a few times, and now they were questioning her about vaginal issues in the lobby.