More than two years after a disturbing privacy breach was first disclosed, Dr. Fernando Rojas has – FINALLY – been fired by Vitalité Health Authority for snooping in over 140 patients’ files over a two-year period. Read more on CBC. And yes, if it takes you two years to detect snooping and then another two years to…
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Dumont hospital employees shocked Dr. Fernando Rojas returning to work
CBC News reports an update to a breach noted previously on this site. Many staff members at the Georges Dumont Hospital in Moncton do not welcome Dr. Fernando Rojas’ return to work. Rojas has not been working at the Georges Dumont since March 2014. The radiation oncologist looked at 141 female patient medical records without authorization…
Ca: Vitalité Health refers doctor privacy breach to RCMP
CBC News reports: Vitalité Health Network is asking Codiac Regional RCMP in Moncton to investigate after one of its doctors accessed the electronic medical records of dozens of female patients without authorization. An investigation by New Brunswick’s Privacy Commissioner Anne Bertrand determined Dr. Fernando Rojas Lievano of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton…
Ca: Health department won't remove doctor for privacy breach
CBC News reports that a doctor who allegedly improperly accessed patient files for over two years continues to be employed by the facility, who didn’t even notify patients when they first discovered the breach: Although New Brunswick’s Department of Health says it could step in to remove the doctor involved in a privacy incident at…