Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is pleased to advise that a settlement has been reached in a class action related to inappropriate access to health records by former employees between 2011 and early 2012. The settlement was approved on August 30, 2023.
PRHC takes patient privacy very seriously and has a zero-tolerance policy with respect to inappropriate access to medical records.
Compensation is available to eligible class members. The settlement includes a payment of up to $650 to each class member who submits a valid online claim to RicePoint, the claims administrator, on or before November 30, 2023. This settlement is not an admission of liability, but is a compromise of the disputed action.
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 by one of the following former PRHC employees: Dawn deCiccio, Dana Gildon Cormier, Mandy Reid or Andrea Kay.
Class members can make a claim for compensation by completing an online form at https://ricepointconnect.com/PRHC. The form will ask class members to confirm their name, address and date of birth, and their preferred payment type. Once verified as a member in the class, settlement funds may be transferred electronically or via cheque mailed to your address.
Greenspon Granger Hill represents the class in this action and can be contacted for further information by email at info@gghlawyers.ca or by phone at 613-288-2890.
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For more information:
Michelene Ough | Director, Communications | PRHC | mough@prhc.on.ca
