Anna Caldwell reports: The private details of Queensland Health patients are at risk of being lost or stolen and there are inadequate plans to deal with a major security breach. But the troubled department is racing to implement computerised medical records. The Auditor-General’s report into information systems governance and control has identified gaps in protocol…
Month: July 2010
CA: Dominican Hospital worker loses job over privacy breach
Jondi Gumz reports: Dominican Hospital has dismissed an employee who accessed medical records for 200 patients without authorization. The unauthorized access was discovered May 25, according to Mike Lee, Dominican Hospital spokesman, noting the information included patients’ full name, account number, insurance carrier and diagnosis or reason for hospitalization. “Based on our investigation and an…