Isala Hospital in Zwolle unpleasantly surprised that patient records have been obtained from detainees.
That informed the Zwolle hospital in a statement, reports RTV Oost. The clinic responds in a statement on disclosure of the program Hotline Omroep Max.
Research by the program shows that cases of Dutch patients to a prison in Leuven, Belgium went to prepare them for digitization. For example, the prisoners removed the staples from files before they were scanned.
Privacy rules
With this method seem privacy rules to be lapped the boot. Medical data may not legally be disclosed to third parties without explicit consent of the patient. Two hospitals were at sea with the Dutch company Iguana that the files sent to Belgium; the Isala Clinics in Zwolle and Amphia Hospital in Breda.
The hospital in Zwolle did not believe in his own words were the files to third parties. "As Isala previously had known Iguana such work also have performed at venues of third parties, and particularly by detainees, then Isala had possibly made a different choice."
"Unfortunate combination '
According to the Zwolle hospital Iguana himself observed the legal rules, because the contract with the company has been a
confidentiality that applies to "all persons involved in this project and were". Isala but also writes that can not be excluded that prisoners have still seen the patient records. Also writes the hospital, "the combination of patient records and detainees is an unfortunate and may lead to questions".
The patient records when it comes to, are from the period 2002 to 2012 and come from the Department of Ophthalmology. Patients with questions via the special telephone number 038 424 44 30 contact Isala Hospital.
Source: NOS.nl/ © RTV EAST
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