P2022-ND-051

Multiple assessments and reports are pulled together to develop a final “written report” from the Organization’s Neurodevelopmental Assessment and Diagnostic Centre. On July 5, 2021, an employee with the Organization pulled together the report for Patient K and accidently included the medical report for Patient E. An employee with the Organization’s Intervention Services who was supporting Patient K ‘s family (and who was also included in the email) contacted the clinic to notify them that the assessment sent to Patient K’s guardian and herself, had some of Patient E’s information in it. The Organization contacted Patient K’s guardian (the unintended recipient) and asked them to delete the document and remove it from their computer’s recycling bin. The unintended recipient opened the file but did not notice that the medical assessment was someone else’s.