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Ca: Star investigation: 3 GTA hospitals don’t proactively audit access-to-patient files

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Dissent

Jacques Gallant and Marco Chown Oved  report:

At least three GTA [Greater Toronto Area – Dissent] hospitals do not proactively audit their patient records to detect privacy breaches, the Star has learned.

A survey of 24 hospitals and health-care centres found that more than half say they check their information systems for inappropriate access at least once a month. In contrast, one hospital — Providence Healthcare — still uses paper-based record keeping and reported that it could not conduct audits until a future electronic system is implemented.

[…]

There are no specific audit requirements in the province’s Personal Health Information Protection Act, which sets out rules health-care providers must follow when collecting and disclosing personal health information. It is left up to health-care providers to determine how best to comply with privacy requirements, and what disciplinary measures should be taken if a breach has occurred.

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