Major legal news has been reported by the Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action related to inappropriate access to health records by former employees between 2011 and early 2012.
A court hearing will be held on August 30th at 8:30 a.m. to determine whether the settlement will be approved.
If approved by the court, the settlement will make compensation available to eligible class members up to a total of $988,550, with up to $650 to each class member who submits a valid claim. A class member includes any individual, or representative of an estate of an individual, who was notified in 2011 or 2012 by PRHC that their health records were inappropriately accessed.
In a statement, hospital officials say they take patient privacy very seriously, and have a zero-tolerance policy with respect to inappropriate access to medical records.
No admission of liability is made and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
