Tag: PHIPA Resolutions

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HI-050001-1 - A City Hospital

Misdirected faxes resulting in unauthorized access to personal health information. Resolved through informal resolution. The health information custodian retrieved the faxes and received confirmation that no copies had been made. The health information custodian also reviewed its practices and
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- Published on Jun 2, 2005

HI-050002-1 - A Hospital in a Rural Centre

Misdirected fax resulted in unauthorized access to the personal health information of one individual. Resolved through informal resolution. The health information custodian retrieved the personal health information and received confirmation that no copies had been made and that the fax received was
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- Published on May 25, 2005

HI-040003-1 - A Provincial Government Program

Personal health information of one individual sent in error to the wrong person. Resolved through informal resolution. The health information custodian retrieved the personal health information, and undertook a review of its policies and practices regarding privacy of personal health information
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- Published on Apr 25, 2005

HI-040001-1 - A Hospital in a Rural Centre

Loss of personal health information due to missing computers. Resolved through informal resolution. The health information custodian revised it policies such that personal health information is no longer saved on local hard drives. Section 12(2) notification obligations fulfilled by the health
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- Published on Mar 22, 2005

HI-040002-1 - A Community Care Access Centre

Loss of agent's appointment book that did not contain personal health information, because it was not identifiable. Resolved through informal resolution. Despite the extremely small chance that any personal health information was in the appointment book, the agent would advise the clients listed in
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- Published on Mar 21, 2005

HI-050006-1

Employee posted personal health information on a website A nurse had a personal website that contained photographs of fellow employees and five patients at the hospital where she worked. The matter was resolved through informal resolution. The nurse immediately removed the photographs from her
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- Published on Mar 3, 2005

HI-050005-1

Diagnostic reports gone missing Hard copies of diagnostic reports were not filed in the patients’ health records and were likely disposed of by one of the health information custodian’s employees. Resolved through informal resolution. The personal health information contained in the reports was not
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- Published on Mar 2, 2005