AHS billing clerk fined $5,000 after accessing patient records in Red Deer without authorization

A former billing clerk with Alberta Health Services has been fined after pleading guilty to accessing the records of 52 patients without authorization. Rosario Aldave admitted to illegally accessing health information during her court appearance on Wednesday, August 21. The breach of electronic records was discovered by Alberta Health Services during an internal audit of its system in 2018 and reported to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Aldave was charged in July of 2019