Amy Woolvett reports:
One of the largest medical privacy breaches in recent Canadian history could see almost 700 patients sue South West Health.
A Supreme Court judge has given the okay to proceed with a class action lawsuit over the health authority’s patient information leak.
In April 2012, South West Health learned that an employee at Roseway Hospital in Shelburne had been inappropriately accessing patient information.
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Here in the U.S., such lawsuits would likely get dismissed for lack of demonstrable harm due to the breach. But in Canada…..?