AU: Northern Territory Health backtracks on claim only five patients impacted by RDH privacy breach

Pregnant Women's Private Medical Details Shared With Thousands on Instagram as Hospital Admits Wider Breach

A hospital in Australia has identified 12 pregnant patients affected by a medical privacy breach after confidential details appeared on Instagram.

AU: Northern Territory Health backtracks on claim only five patients impacted by RDH privacy breach

Grace Atta reports: The Northern Territory health department has backtracked on its claim that only five patients were affected by a privacy breach that… Read more →

Hospital privacy breach affects 12 patients after initial claim of five

Few things feel more personal than your medical records. So spare a thought for the mothers whose most intimate details ended up on social media. The breach involved confidential medical information posted to social media by a ‘medical observer’ at the hospital. That information was shared to 28,000 followers. What was actually exposed This was not a minor slip. According to the hospital’s own letter, the leaked handover sheet showed names, h…