Privacy & Security

TORONTO – Digital Health Canada’s CHIEF Executive Forum has released Code Grey, a cyber security resource for healthcare delivery executives produced by the CHIEF Executive Forum Cyber Security Working Group with input from the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity. Read More

WHITEHORSE, YK – Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee (pictured) says her department has changed its case management system so that sensitive information can only be accessed through a secure portal. Read More

ST. JOHN’S – The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) held its annual general meeting earlier this month, in a virtual format, but provided no updates about the major cyberattack that hit the province last fall. Nor did it outline what’s since been done to protect patient data. Read More

TORONTO – Despite rapid digital advancements in the healthcare sector, using outdated and vulnerable technologies such as faxes and unencrypted email threatens to erode the public’s confidence that their personal health information is secure. In a joint resolution, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners called for a concerted effort across the healthcare sector to modernize and strengthen the privacy and security of digital health communications. Read More

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest health authority has notified 37,800 people that their privacy was breached as part of last fall’s devastating cyberattack. That number equates to about one in every 13 people in the province. And according to Eastern Health, it could go even higher, CBC News reported. Those affected include patients, along with current and former employees. Read More

CHARLOTTETOWN – Health PEI is notifying the public of a recent privacy breach as the result of a stolen laptop. In early April, an employee’s laptop was stolen, containing information about more than 4,000 patients and more than 1,200 Health PEI employees. The laptop theft was reported to police the following day. Read More

TORONTO – The Scarborough Health Network (SHN), which includes three hospitals and eight satellite sites, said some of its servers containing a variety of personal patient details were recently breached. The hospital said its IT department first noticed “unusual activity” on its servers Jan. 25. Its investigation with cybersecurity experts found past and present patient data may have been accessed. Read More

ARNPRIOR, Ont. – Arnprior Regional Health says a cyber-attack compromising data dating back decades has taken place. The health network became aware of the hack on its IT system on Dec. 21, 2021. Information affected includes patient names, dates of birth, contact information, health card numbers, recent hospital visits, and diagnoses. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry Limited has announced the release of the QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, the latest edition of the company’s safety-certified, real-time embedded hypervisor product, designed to enable the healthcare industry to deliver safe, secure medical devices and applications to market faster. Read More