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SA Health employee reprimanded for accessing Tony Modra's medical records

SA Health employee reprimanded for accessing Tony Modra's medical records
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One SA Health employee has been reprimanded for accessing the private medical files of AFL legend Tony Modra. Modra was seriously injured in a truck crash near Victor Harbor in June. SA Health says an investigation into two more workers is ongoing, while six other employees were no longer being investigated.

One SA Health employee has been reprimanded for accessing the private medical files of AFL legend Tony Modra. Modra was seriously injured in a truck crash near Victor Harbor in June. What's next? SA Health says an investigation into two more workers is ongoing, while six other employees were no longer being investigated. One SA Health employee has been reprimanded for accessing AFL legend Tony Modra's private medical records after he was seriously injured in a truck crash, while two other employees remain under investigation, the health department says. In a statement, SA Health said another six people were no longer being investigated. "The number of employees under investigation for potentially accessing a patient's medical record inappropriately has been revised from nine individuals, to three," the statement said. "Of these three, one individual has been reprimanded and two are still being investigated. "Six individuals are no longer under investigation for this matter." Any sanction imposed becomes part of an employee's permanent record. In a statement earlier that month, he said he was "overwhelmed by the kindness and care" that he, and his family, had been shown. Modra played a total of 165 AFL games for Adelaide and the Fremantle Dockers, after debuting for the Crows in 1992. The probe into staff accessing Modra's records is not the first time concerns have been raised about SA Health staff inappropriately accessing patient records in cases involving well-known people. Cy Walsh had been charged with the stabbing murder of his father — Crows coach Phil Walsh — before being found not guilty by reason of mental incompetence.
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