NZ North Shore Hospital Nov 2014 Technical Error (Q14533)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | NZ North Shore Hospital Nov 2014 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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November 2014
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Confidential information found on a residential driveway has breached the privacy of 11 North Shore Hospital patients. A document with information including the names, gender, age, national health insurance number, diagnosis and additional notes was found stuck to a Forrest Hill driveway on Aucklands North Shore. Neil Summerfield was alarmed when he found the confidential information while putting out his rubbish. Its a big breach of privacy, Im a 10 minute drive from the hospital so how it got there I dont know - this doesnt impress me. Im surprised and disappointed to see this sort of stuff in the public arena. Waitemata District Health Board chief medical officer Dr Andrew Brant said there will be an internal review to determine how a sheet of paper containing clinical information came (English)
