Calgary doctor's personal email account hacked, patient information potentially compromised

Alberta Health Services is attempting to reach out to approximately 7,000 patients after a physician's personal Gmail account, containing patient health records, was allegedly criminally hacked. According to AHS, the doctor at Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre had improperly used a non-AHS issued email account to transmit health information and the account was later hacked. “While this privacy breach was unintentional and is deeply regretted by the physician, that does not in a