CA Eastern Health 2015 Misuse (Q15226)
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A data breach risk event
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CA Eastern Health 2015 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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January 2015
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Clerk fired; six-year-old Nevaeh Denine among Eastern Health patients whose information was accessed With her daughter undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer, its understandable that Holly Denines heart jumps up in her throat every time her phone rings and a 777 number appears. Thursday morning, it happened but it wasnt bad news about the health of six-year-old Nevaeh. Eastern Health managers were calling to let Holly know Nevaehs medical information was involved in a privacy breach. Eastern Health confirmed in a media release Thursday afternoon that a clerk based in St. Johns has been fired for inappropriately accessing the health information of 25 patients. The person accessed the files over a period of several months, and was discovered in late February during a random audit con (English)
