Patient reports mistakenly sent to wrong Sask. doctors with the same last name

Call it the case of the two Dr. Meiers.
Dictated patient reports that were meant for Dr. Pamela Meiers in Saskatoon were sent to Dr. Suzanne Meiers in Regina, according to reports recently released by Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
In one report, dated Nov. 22, Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski outlined two incidents in which residents dictated patient reports meant for Dr. Pamela Meiers, but did not include her first name. In the first incident, Dr. Suzanne Meiers reported