NL Health Services Reveals Pediatrics Privacy Breach VOCM

pNL Health Services has another privacy breach on its handsppThe news came quietly in a news release sent out just after 5 pm FridayppThe breach is related to an email sent to the parents and guardians of 253 pediatric patients with diabetesppOfficials say the recipients of that email were inadvertently not blind copied allowing everyone on the list to see each others email addressesppThe news release quotes CEO David Diamond as saying he sincerely regrets the error and apologizes to all patients whose privacy was breachedppStaff are contacting each person on the email list and asking them to delete the email and other addressesppThey say the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has also been notifiedppNL Health Services VP for privacy Stephen Greene stated its important to publicly disclose and discuss these privacy breaches adding its another way to reinforce awareness among all healthcare workers of their obligation to maintain the privacy of patients residents and clientsppHowever its not clear why the news was released late on a Friday and after business hoursppNL Health Services has many measures in place to protect patient health information and we will continue to work on ensuring proper protocols are followed said GreeneppA similar breach in July affected more than 100 patients with Newfoundland and Labrador Fertility ServicesppThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service applyp