Health workers in privacy missteps: How-to guide to avoiding patient privacy breaches

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Health workers in privacy missteps: How-to guide to avoiding patient privacy breaches

27 April 2022

By Jared Nicholl

Wednesday 27 April 2022, 01:50 AM

Wrongly addressed mail created a privacy breach; a person opened a letter containing sensitive information about their neighbour – check a patient’s address or email is current before sending [Image: fizkes on iStock]

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Health workers are dropping the ball on privacy. Jared Nicoll outlines the obligations upon organisations, and what to do to meet them

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