SA Health Employee Reprimanded for Accessing Tony Modra's Medical Records

A recent investigation by SA Health has led to one employee being reprimanded for accessing the private medical records of AFL legend Tony Modra, who was seriously injured in a truck crash earlier this year.

According to a statement from SA Health, two other employees remain under investigation, while six others are 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.

Tony Modra spent time in hospital after the crash, and later shared a photo of himself in intensive care on Instagram. In July, he posted an update of his progress on Instagram, saying he was now able to get "out and about", and shared photos of himself in intensive care and recovering with his family.

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. In 2016, 13 hospital staff were sanctioned after they were caught snooping on the medical records of Cy Walsh.

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. The department has also previously said it regularly conducted audits "to ensure that staff are accessing appropriate information".