Viewing articles in the ‘Privacy & Security’ topic.
October 8, 2014
WINNIPEG – A laptop computer containing personal health information was recently stolen from an office of a doctor working in the Department of Internal Medicine within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Personal health information from 322 patients was contained on the computer.
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September 17, 2014
EDMONTON – An investigation by the Alberta privacy commissioner into the theft of a laptop containing details of nearly 622,000 Albertans, found that Medicentres Canada Inc. failed to protect patient privacy and was in contravention of the Health Information Act. Read More
September 17, 2014
CORNER BROOK, Nfld and Labrador – A former employee with Western Health was fined earlier this month for a privacy breach at the hospital in Corner Brook. CBC News reported that Donna Colbourne accessed more than 1,000 patient files at Western Memorial Regional Hospital while working there as an accounting clerk until 2012. Read More
September 3, 2014
ST. JOHN’S – A former nurse charged with improperly accessing the electronic records of patients told a courtroom that she didn’t break the rules. “I have never looked up anybody for any wrong reasons in my 10 years in emergency,” Colleen Weeks (pictured) told the provincial court. Read More
August 20, 2014
CALGARY- Despite repeated alerts to Alberta Health Services, a Calgary business continues to receive private health information via fax. Scott Chisolm says his office fax machine has been receiving the sensitive records since 2008.
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August 20, 2014
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals across the United States, announced this month that hackers recently broke into its computers and stole data on 4.5 million patients.
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July 23, 2014
VICTORIA – About 1,600 patients had their private data in the provincial PharmaNet prescription system accessed by an unknown hacker, a British Columbia investigation has revealed. Read More
June 18, 2014
SCARBOROUGH, Ont. – Ontario’s privacy commissioner, Ann Cavoukian (pictured), is now investigating the breach of as many as 8,300 patient records at Rouge Valley Health System in Scarborough, just east of Toronto. According to the hospital, two employees had been leaking the records to outside companies that were paying for the data. Read More
May 21, 2014
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. & Labrador – Earlier this month, Eastern Health said an administrative employee breached privacy by prying into the files of about 20 clients. Beverley Clarke (pictured), vice-president of privacy for Eastern Health, said management was informed of the breach from another employee who performed due diligence and filed an occurrence report.
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May 7, 2014
VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia should enact a new health information privacy law that allows patients to reap the benefits of health innovation while also protecting privacy, says B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham (pictured).
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