Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says 49 health workers unlawfully viewed and used information about a Calgary patient and her daughter in 2015. The investigation started after the Alberta Health Services privacy office was notified of a breach of information by the emergency department manager at South Health Campus. The patient’s file…
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Tens of thousands of medical records including treatment plans and cancer diagnoses were lost in the post
Jason Beattie reports a concerning follow-up to the NHS Shared Business Services breach reported previously. Health chiefs are today slammed by MPs for their “staggering” failure to reassure patients after tens of thousands of clinical records were lost in the post. MPs say patients have been “badly failed,” with many still being kept in the…
University Hospital Patient Information Was Potentially Vulnerable to Hackers
Euirim Choi reports: University of Chicago hospital patient information was potentially vulnerable to hackers due to weaknesses in the University’s network, a Maroon investigation revealed. Experts suspect that vulnerabilities like these are likely to be found at many hospitals, universities, and institutions around the world. Exactly. And it would be a shame if just one hospital…
Ca: Brampton Civic Hospital employee used private patient information to get opioids
680 News reports: A hospital employee at Brampton Civic Hospital allegedly used the private information of a hospital day surgery patient to obtain narcotics, which were then never given to the patient. A CityNews viewer shared her correspondence letter with the hospital in August of this year informing her of the privacy breach. The letter says her…
NC DHHS Reports Data Security Incident
November 24 – The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights and affected individuals of a recent incident in which a spreadsheet containing personal information was sent in error to a vendor in an unencrypted email. The spreadsheet included names, social security…
Privacy breach at Burns Lake hospital
A privacy breach has recently occurred at the Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre in Burns Lake. Approximately 150 people were affected. “We are notifying individuals whose health information was inappropriately accessed by an employee,” explained Eryn Collins, a spokesperson for Northern Health. Read more on Terrace Standard.