CA Alberta Childrens Hospital Jun 2013 Misuse (Q14324)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | CA Alberta Childrens Hospital Jun 2013 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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June 2013
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A former employee at Alberta Childrens Hospital inappropriately accessed the personal health information of 247 patients and officials are in the process of notifying the families of those affected. Officials say the breaches were first noticed during an audit of the Netcare patient record system, which showed patient records were being inappropriately accessed by one staff member over a 14-month period. An audit of a second database, called Clinibase, was conducted and further breaches by the same staff member were discovered. Officials say the information that may have been accessed includes; patient history, contact information, date of birth, names of relatives, and emergency contact information. AHS launched an investigation and says it is in the process of notifying those patients a (English)
