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Ca: Medical records breach was an employee error

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dissent

Here’s a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog. Tyler Olsen  reports:

A Fraser Health spokesperson says an investigation into the discovery of private medical records on a local street concluded that Chilliwack General Hospital’s privacy policies are adequate and that the breach was caused by a single employee.

In late September, a Garrison Crossing resident found three pieces of paper from CGH on Tamihi Way soon after garbage pickup.

The papers comprised an entire “Team Report” on a 29-bed section of CGH. Included in the report were the names, ages, admission dates, attending physician and diagnoses for 27 different patients, along with hand-scrawled notes.

The papers turned out to be “shift handoff notes” that should not have left the hospital, according to Fraser Health.

Read more on Chilliwack Times.

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