Chapter 4 Canadian Health Information Privacy

Question 1

Which provinces do not have health privacy laws?

Answer 1

Quebec and Nunavut

Question 2

What is the Health Information Protection Act (HIPA)?

Answer 2

Introduced in 2016 amended Ontario’s PHIPA in improving privacy and accountability by introducing new measures to protect patients’ personal health information.

Made breach reporting mandatory, increased transparency, doubled fines to 100000 for individuals, and 500000 for orgs, removed requirement to prosecute within 6 months of alleged offences

Question 3

What is the Purpose of the Health Information Acts?

Answer 3

The goal is to enhance privacy and confidentiality while simultaneously ensuring efficient health services delivery

Question 4

What are participants called in Manitoba/Saskatchewan?

Answer 4

Trustees

Question 5

What are participants called in Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia called?

Answer 5

custodian or health information custodian

Question 6

What differences does BC make for Health Information Acts?

Answer 6

• Ministry of health establishes a patient database as a “health information bank” into which data is to be submitted
• Minister may grant access and use for specific and limited purposes