Dental Privacy

5 Common Pitfalls of Patient Privacy

5 Common Pitfalls of Patient Privacy

The original Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest binding documents in history, dates back to the fourth century B.C. A 1943 translation of the Oath reads, “What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment … I will keep to myself.” Much has changed in the 2,500 years … Read more

1,041 P.E.I. Dental Patients Identified in Privacy Breach

P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner says an employee of a dental office on P.E.I. disclosed sensitive, personal health information belonging to more than 1,000 patients, to a member of that staff person’s family. The commissioner said in some cases the information, contained in emails forwarded from the dental office all to the same recipient, included patients’ banking … Read more