Breach of Health Records Privacy by nosy doctors - Contempt for Rule of Law shown by one doctor
Title: Breach of Health Records Privacy by nosy doctors - Contempt for Rule of Law shown by one doctor
While no personal harm was likely done by the improper searches made by Dr. Crombie Stebner, the Privacy Commissioner was doing his job properly when he published the results of his inquiry which concluded that she breached the privacy of one or more individual's health records.
As background to this it is worth knowing that there is a province-wide computerized data-base provided by the Government of Saskatchewan that covers all prescription drugs, all hospital provided services, doctors' office visits and treatments and other health services relating to citizens. The data-base covers current patient health information, and it goes back many years, even prior to current methods of creating computerized records. This informational data-base is now available to hospitals and hospital medical staff, likely including administrative staff, as well as all licensed doctors and possibly other health care providers, and will, within some months, be provided to ordinary citizens relating to their own health issues that arise and are dealt with within the Saskatchewan health system.
It is fortuitous that this matter has become public at this time as it may have the effect of helping to ensure that measures are taken to strengthen laws and methods intended to prevent or avoid such breaches in the future.
An interesting factor in this case is the sense of entitlement (common to the attitudes of our current generation of younger people in Canadian society) displayed by Dr. Stebner. As Judge Danyliuk said - “The aura of entitlement is palpable.” Stebner quite obviously was and is more concerned about her personal rights than those of others and has shown contempt for the rule of law by placing her personal interests above our constitutional rights to have information about judicial proceedings and other legitimate concerns, like privacy matters and the job of the Privacy Commissioner, disseminated publicly. This contempt for the rule of law and the desire that personal feelings and falsely apprehended 'rights' over-ride the rule of law, is a growing problem today, and is part of the problem revealed by the actions of the federal Liberals in the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
See the Leader Post reports relating to both Judge Richard Danyliuk's decision and the Report of the Privacy Commissioner to be found at the following web pages:
https://thestarphoenix.com/news/national/medical-staff-inappropriately-accessed-broncos-bus-victims-info-privacy-commissioner
https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/judge-denies-pub-ban-injunction-sought-by-med-resident-who-snooped-on-broncos-crash-victims-records/wcm/bd91e61e-f40a-484b-b147-ebca566e099e
While no personal harm was likely done by the improper searches made by Dr. Crombie Stebner, the Privacy Commissioner was doing his job properly when he published the results of his inquiry which concluded that she breached the privacy of one or more individual's health records.
As background to this it is worth knowing that there is a province-wide computerized data-base provided by the Government of Saskatchewan that covers all prescription drugs, all hospital provided services, doctors' office visits and treatments and other health services relating to citizens. The data-base covers current patient health information, and it goes back many years, even prior to current methods of creating computerized records. This informational data-base is now available to hospitals and hospital medical staff, likely including administrative staff, as well as all licensed doctors and possibly other health care providers, and will, within some months, be provided to ordinary citizens relating to their own health issues that arise and are dealt with within the Saskatchewan health system.
It is fortuitous that this matter has become public at this time as it may have the effect of helping to ensure that measures are taken to strengthen laws and methods intended to prevent or avoid such breaches in the future.
An interesting factor in this case is the sense of entitlement (common to the attitudes of our current generation of younger people in Canadian society) displayed by Dr. Stebner. As Judge Danyliuk said - “The aura of entitlement is palpable.” Stebner quite obviously was and is more concerned about her personal rights than those of others and has shown contempt for the rule of law by placing her personal interests above our constitutional rights to have information about judicial proceedings and other legitimate concerns, like privacy matters and the job of the Privacy Commissioner, disseminated publicly. This contempt for the rule of law and the desire that personal feelings and falsely apprehended 'rights' over-ride the rule of law, is a growing problem today, and is part of the problem revealed by the actions of the federal Liberals in the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
See the Leader Post reports relating to both Judge Richard Danyliuk's decision and the Report of the Privacy Commissioner to be found at the following web pages:
https://thestarphoenix.com/news/national/medical-staff-inappropriately-accessed-broncos-bus-victims-info-privacy-commissioner
https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/judge-denies-pub-ban-injunction-sought-by-med-resident-who-snooped-on-broncos-crash-victims-records/wcm/bd91e61e-f40a-484b-b147-ebca566e099e
Labels: Contempt for Rule of Law
posted by politicalcommentariescanada | 12:58 PM
1 Comments:
The issue of contempt for the rule of law might not have occurred to many readers until it was directly brought to their attentions. I hope this does some good.
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