CA Mount Sinai Medical Center 2014 Misuse (Q16584)
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A data breach risk event
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CA Mount Sinai Medical Center 2014 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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January 2014
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Six GTA hospitals compromised their patients personal health data by routinely handing it over to baby photographers who paid for access to maternity wards breaches revealed by extra scrutiny following a major breach at Rouge Valley Health System. As far back as 2009, Mount Sinai, North York General, St. Josephs Health Centre, Humber River, Toronto East General and Rouge Valley Health System hospitals inappropriately gave up the information of tens of thousands of new mothers. In some cases, the records included the patients name, age, length of hospital stay, attending physician, type of diet, reason for admission to hospital, type of delivery and babys birth date. It wasnt the proper process. We should have simply been providing the name and room number said Elizabeth McCarthy, a spokes (English)
