Health authorities say staff emailed the clinical records of 13 mental-health patients to an 'industry partner', which they have refused to name.
abc.net.au/news/canberra-hospital-staff-sacked-over-data-breach/102131960The ACT government has sacked one employee and stood down two others as it investigates what it says is a "serious" and "deliberate" misuse of patient data.The records of 13 patients were "deliberately" sent to an industrial partner over several yearsCanberra Health Services revealed this week that staff had, which the government has refused to name.
Today, Mr Peffer said his agency — which operates public hospitals, walk-in clinics and community health services — had sacked one employee and stood down two others. He said health executives had contacted the 13 affected mental health patients to explain what happened and to support them.
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