ST. JOHN’S, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner is ordering Eastern Health to remind staff to log out of computers once they’re done, after investigating a breach of patient information at the health authority.
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ST. JOHN’S – Eastern Health is calling a privacy breach involving 19 patients at a travelling clinic in Happy Valley-Goose Bay accidental. “I apologize to all of the patients, as well as their families, for this accidental material breach,” said Eastern Health CEO David Diamond (pictured) in a news release.
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VANCOUVER – The personal information and medical records of an unknown number of patients were publicly available on the website of a Vancouver marijuana dispensary until recently. The information included birth certificates, medical imaging, passports, prescriptions, biopsy reports, mental health assessments and more.
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EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services issued a warning in late September after thousands of patients had their confidential health information “inappropriately accessed” by a former AHS employee.
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TORONTO – A CBC News investigation found six provinces, which have a combined population of about 20 million, have no legislation in place requiring hospitals, doctors and other healthcare providers notify patients of a breach of their medical files.
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REGINA – A recent report by the Saskatchewan privacy and information commissioner has revealed that a Regina General Hospital employee inappropriately looked up the personal data of 35 people, including an ex-spouse.
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OWEN SOUND, Ont. – An investigation at Grey Bruce Health Services has determined that a former employee inappropriately accessed the electronic medical records of 246 individuals over a seven-year period from January 2008 to September 2015.
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New technologies are accomplishing amazing things in healthcare. Social media tools, for example, are being used by providers and families to coordinate care; Facebook, Yammer, and Twitter are also keeping the public informed about new medical techniques, hours of service, wait times and more.
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – A resident care worker was fired by Health PEI after a photo of a deceased resident at a government-run long-term care home was shared on Snapchat.
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MONCTON, N.B. – Vitalité Health Authority has fired a doctor who snooped into the medical files of more than 100 young women. Dr. Fernando Rojas was informed following a June 28 meeting of the board of directors of the authority that his privileges at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Hospital in Moncton had been revoked and his employment had been terminated.
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