Elyse Skura reports:
A lack of leadership at the Qikiqtani General Hospital may be putting patients’ personal information at risk, says Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
A new privacy audit at the territory’s only hospital revealed that no one is in charge of ensuring staff follow privacy regulations, there’s no standard system to track who is accessing patient files and piles of patient charts are sometimes left unattended.
“What is required is a strong privacy culture within the [Qikiqtani General Hospital] now,” reads a final report on the audit, tabled on the last day of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly’s fall sitting.
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