The Peterborough Examiner reports: The Peterborough Regional Health Centre has lost its battle to stop a class-action suit from going ahead. Now a group of local plaintiffs whose records were accessed improperly can move forward with their lawsuit against the hospital. The suit alleges damages from a privacy breach at the hospital. Lawyer Michael Crystal…
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Ca: Six month limitation blocks prosecution over breached abortion records at Peterborough hospital
Sarah Frank reports: Although acting privacy commissioner Brian Beamish deems breached abortion files at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre worthy of prosecution, too much time has passed to press charges. Read more on MyKawartha.com. The breach was actually reported to the commissioner’s office in 2011, but at the time, they weren’t as interested in prosecution…
Ca: Peterborough hospital privacy breach heading back to court
Sarah Frank reports: The number of breached patient medical records in Ontario continues to climb as a case involving the Peterborough Regional Health Centre is set to go to a Toronto Court of Appeal later this month. Among a number of hospitals who’ve discovered breaches in the past couple years, Peterborough’s will be the first…
Peterborough lawsuit to set precedent for Ontario patient privacy rights
Joel Eastwood reports: Patients looking for answers after a string of privacy breaches at GTA hospitals must wait on a lawsuit in Peterborough that could have sweeping implications for all Ontario hospitals. The class action suit against Peterborough Regional Health Centre will determine whether a patient can sue a hospital for invasion of privacy. A similar lawsuit…
Canada: PRHC reaches $988K proposed settlement for patient privacy breaches in 2011-2012
Greg Davis reports an update to a breach case that DataBreaches has been covering since 2012. For previous coverage, search this site for “Peterborough Regional.” A proposed settlement of $988,550 has been reached in a class-action lawsuit relating to patient health records being wrongfully accessed by former employees at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre more than a…
Ca: Nurse found guilty of professional misconduct for snooping into patient records
May Warren reports: A Peterborough nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct for accessing almost 300 confidential patient records at Peterborough Regional Health Centre over two years, at a disciplinary hearing she fought to keep secret. Mandy Edgerton (formerly Edgerton-Reid) was slapped with a four-month suspension and a formal reprimand on Wednesday, by a…