Employee claimed access ‘out of compassion’ for co-workers
A Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) employee has been terminated after improperly accessing the personal health information of 98 individuals over nearly a year, according to a report by the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Marianne Mann, a unit clerk at Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw, accessed patient records in the Sunrise Clinical Manager database 102 times between July 2024 and June 2025 without legal authority, the report stated.
The breach came to light on April 23, 2025, when a colleague reported that Mann had approached them with specific questions about their pregnancy, which had been kept private, according to the commissioner’s investigation.
“The witness was upset and correctly believed that only a breach of privacy could account for the snooper’s knowledge,” the report said.
SHA audits revealed Mann accessed records of co-workers and family members, including patients who had already been discharged. In one case, Mann admitted to texting a family member about another relative’s hospital admission.
Mann also accessed her own medical records twice without the required “need to know” authorization.
“I was totally in the wrong for checking my co-worker’s record but I did it out of compassion as I genuinely care about my co-workers,” Mann wrote in a submission to the commissioner’s office.
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