Privacy & Security

REGINA – The Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner is recommending that the Saskatchewan Health Authority fire an employee who improperly accessed the private information of 880 people in the Estevan area. Read More

WINNIPEG – Officials at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority say an extensive audit was conducted and found more than 1,600 patients were affected by a data breach at Grace Hospital. Read More

VICTORIA – A former nurse at the Vancouver Island Health Authority has been suspended for 30 days by the College of Registered Nurses of B.C. over breach of privacy after she improperly accessed medical records of 74 people. Read More

EDMONTON – A pharmacist in Edmonton, who wrongfully accessed the private health information of more than 100 patients while employed by Covenant Health, has been sentenced to three months of house arrest. Read More

HAY RIVER, NT – After receiving complaints that patient referrals were either delayed or not completed, the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority conducted an audit and found that patient information was inappropriately shared in referrals. Read More

REGINA – Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner wants the Saskatoon Health Region to ensure its employees follow the rules when it comes to faxing personal health information after a patient’s test results were sent to a computer store – for the second time. Read More

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – An investigation has determined that a hospital employee viewed the personal electronic files of 353 patients over the last three years – an unprecedented breach in Prince Edward Island. Read More

TORONTO – The University Health Network, Ontario’s largest hospital group, says it is reviewing five million electronic health records gathered over the past five years after a patient reported errors in his medical file. Read More

WINNIPEG – A former Manitoba Health employee who accessed the medical records of his estranged daughter has been fined $7,500. The 58-year-old accused, a retired city police officer, was convicted after trial earlier this year of one count of accessing personal health information in violation of the Personal Health Information Act. Read More