Three former hospital workers have been charged following investigations into unrelated alleged breach of affected person privateness incidents that passed off over the course of final yr in numerous components of the province, in response to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
The investigations began after police obtained three complaints in western, jap and northern Ontario, alleging three hospital workers had inappropriately accessed digital private well being data of sufferers.
The OPP didn’t launch the names of the hospitals.
Police say the workers had allegedly accessed data that was not a part of their circle of care, accessed extra data than that required to finish their job, or accessed data after their position within the affected person’s care was completed.
The three people are going through charges beneath the Private Well being Data Safety Act (PHIPA).
“Offences under PHIPA can carry a maximum penalty of $200,000 and up to one year in prison,” the OPP mentioned in a information launch Thursday.
Anybody who suspects healthcare-related fraud is requested to name the Ministry of Well being at 1-888-781-5556 or e-mail at [email protected]. Nameless suggestions could be submitted at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
