The Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) has sent letters of apology to 66 patients whose right to privacy was breached.
The SCHR discovered last June that one of its employees improperly reviewed the electronic prescription records of the 66 patients between March 2009 and January 2010. An extensive investigation has been conducted to determine the facts of the situation, and the health region is preparing a report for the Saskatchewan Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
The records were accessed through the Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP). PIP is an electronic system of prescription records for authorized health care providers to use when providing health care to clients.
The system has a built-in method of allowing employers to watch for possible inappropriate use. SCHR can determine which of its employees looks for information about what patients, plus when and why.
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