CA Alberta Health Services Jul 2015 Misuse (Q9956)
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A data breach risk event
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CA Alberta Health Services Jul 2015 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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July 2015
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Alberta Health Services has issued a warning after thousands of patients had their confidential health information inappropriately accessed by a former AHS employee. An AHS investigation has determined that the former employee accessed the health information of 1,309 Albertans. The same former employee viewed the demographic information of another 11,539 individuals, AHS said in a news release Monday. AHS said the former employee accessed the electronic files on the AHS Netcare and Netcare Personal Directory programs between January 2004 and July 2015. Despite the breach, health officials say none of the medical files have been altered or compromised. The protection of patient privacy is not only a legislated duty of our employees, its part of our patient-first culture, and our values, AH (English)
