A Burnaby nurse has agreed to a reprimand and two-week suspension for breaching patient privacy and confidentiality.
Between May and August 2023, Nadia Ali, RN, accessed the confidential health records of a “significant number of patients” through the health authority's computer system, according to a notice posted on the BC College of Nurses and Midwives website Tuesday.
The health records were unrelated to Ali’s assigned patients, the notice said, and Ali accessed them “without a work-related purpose.”
The college said it had reached a consent agreement with Ali, under which Ali agreed to a reprimand and a two-week suspension.
Ali has also agreed to take remedial education in privacy and confidentiality; and to a regulatory practice consultation to “address the foundational issues underpinning the agreement.”
