CA Prince Albert Parkland Health Region 2015 Misuse (Q11458)
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A data breach risk event
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CA Prince Albert Parkland Health Region 2015 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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January 2015
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An employee of the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has been fired after 16 patients had their personal health information breached over the last year. An employee of the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has been fired after 16 patients had their personal health information breached over the last year. Health region CEO Cecile Hunt says the employee was not involved in the patients care and has been dismissed. The motive for the snooping remains a mystery, Hunt said. We really could not begin to speculate on the reasons for the employee doing these things, Hunt said. We know that there was a privacy breach and we have dealt with those privacy breaches. Another employee alerted the health region to the breach on Dec. 14, prompting an investigation. Hunt called the probe lengthy and (English)
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