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Health minister announces changes coming to PHIPA in Ontario

October 6, 2015 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Penalties and Fines, Privacy and Security

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has announced in a news release that it intends to introduce amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) to strengthen PHIPA and protect patient privacy.

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Slaw: Using employee (patient) health information in human resources investigation

August 11, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Human Resources, Privacy and Security

The Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner recently confirmed that Alberta Health Services (AHS) breached the rights of one of its employees by intentionally using information from his addiction counselling against him during a human resources investigation. The breach of the employee’s personal health information clearly contravened the Health Information Act (HIA).

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