TORONTO – Across Canada, many physicians are now using their smartphones to take photos of patients and their medical conditions as part of their day-to-day practice. The pictures are easy to share with colleagues for second opinions, and in some cases, they’ve saved lives. However, in the absence of guidelines for protecting the privacy of patient images, there can also be abuses.
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VICTORIA - B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham (pictured) has informed the government she will step down from her position when her term ends on July 6. CBC News reported that Denham has been offered the position of information commissioner for the United Kingdom.
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SIMCOE, Ont. – The website of the Norfolk General Hospital, in Simcoe, Ont., was recently breached and was potentially distributing ransomware to visitors, according to Malwarebytes, a major provider of internet security software.
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OTTAWA – Four computers of The Ottawa Hospital’s network of 9,800 devices were temporarily frozen by ransomware, which encrypted the information on the machines and made it inaccessible to hospital administrators.
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WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg nurse faces possible disciplinary action after 67 patient files were stolen from her vehicle during a house call in January, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says.
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TORONTO – Privacy breaches can result in significant reputational risk, regulatory investigations and costly litigation. Recent high profile cases dealing with personal health information highlight how critical this issue has become for healthcare professionals and organizations.
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TORONTO – Dr. Ken Wilson, president of Operation Smile Canada, announced that Al Hildebrandt (pictured), a recently retired healthcare technology executive from Kelowna, B.C., has been elected as a Director of Operation Smile Canada Foundation.
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VANCOUVER – Thieves walked off with the medical records of 4,000 patients after a break-in last month at the Vancouver Division of Family Practice (DoFP), a non-profit group funded by the Doctors of B.C. (formerly the BCMA) and B.C. Health.
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REGINA – As a result of criticisms on Facebook she made about the nursing care her hospitalized grandfather received, a Saskatchewan registered nurse is facing expulsion from the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association.
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INUVIK, NT – Beaufort Delta Health and Social Services has hired two investigators to look into a potential data breach of patients’ confidential health records by employees at the Inuvik Hospital. The health authority says an internal audit showed a possible information breach of electronic records by a small number of its employees.
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