The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that pharmacist Ahmed Abuel Shouhoud had contravened Alberta’s Health Information Act—three years after having been sanctioned by the college for the same incident.
A study published in JAMA Network Open identified 372 distinct emojis in over 218 million clinical notes. Marginal use, but on the rise. Should we be concerned?
The Privacy Commissioner’s office said the medical centre should have conducted an assessment for environmental risk to the records and failed to properly notify patients.
Across Canada, 82.8% of respondents reported having access to a family doctor, nurse practitioner or primary care setting—but in some jurisdictions, the figure was as low as 62.6%.
A statement from Michael Harvey’s office says its investigation found 71 incidents of snooping by 36 health workers in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities as well as the Provincial Health Services Authority.
The order of doctors is making 12 recommendations and notes that it will be essential to harmonize regulations and standards of practice among professionals where activities may overlap, particularly when it comes to prescriptions and monitoring test results and requests.
The unilateral expansion of parental access to youth medical records represents yet another erosion of professional trust, and another step in the progressive deterioration of trust within our province.
