Medical files sent to newspaper by mistake
Posted Apr 21, 2010 09:52:46 AM.
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One Bassano area woman will come away with only an apology after her medical files were sent to the Calgary Sun by mistake.
The paper got the files on its fax machine even though they were meant to be sent to the woman’s doctor.
It’s bringing up suggestions that doctors switch to more secure electronic records.
Alberta’s Privacy Commissioner says he hopes something comes out of this mistake, even though it was just a case of human error.