CA Misericordia Hospital 2010 Misuse (Q16344)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | CA Misericordia Hospital 2010 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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96E598D6-AEB9-4CD1-A7B4-933DB95223DE
January 2010
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An emergency room doctor from St. Albert has been suspended for at least a month because she illegally tapped into restricted medical files. The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta announced this week that it had found Deanne Dee Gayle Watrich, an emergency room doctor and a St. Albert resident, to be guilty of unprofessional conduct. Watrich had previously admitted to unprofessional conduct at a hearing tribunal held by the college last November. Specifically, the tribunal wrote in its ruling, Watrich accessed the electronic health records of three people 21 times between Aug. 5, 2009, and May 2, 2010, without having a patient/physician relationship with those people. Its okay for doctors to access patient records if they are actually treating those patients, explained college sp (English)
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