Reviews and Approvals: Documentation
Prescribed Entities under PHIPA
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Ontario Health (in its role as the successor to Cancer Care Ontario (CCO))
The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)
Prescribed Persons under PHIPA
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) — Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre in respect of the Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN)
2011 | Approval Letter (initial)d Approval Letter (synchronized) | ||
2014 | |||
2017 | |||
2020 | Report | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
2023 | Indicators | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation (HHSC) in respect of the Critical Care Information System (CCIS)
2014 | Approval Letter (initial)d Approval Letter (synchronized) | ||
2017 | |||
2020 | Report | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
2023 | Indicators | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
Inscyte (Information System for Cytology etc.) Corporation in respect of CytoBase
Ontario Health (in its role as the successor to Cancer Care Ontario) in respect of the Ontario Cancer Screening Registry
Ontario Health (in its role as the successor to Cardiac Care Network of Ontario (CorHealth)) in respect of its registry of cardiac and vascular services
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) in respect of the Ontario Tumour Bank
2011 | Approval Letter (initial)d Approval Letter (synchronized) | ||
2014 | |||
2017 | |||
2020 | Report | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
2023 | Indicators | Approval Letter | Affidavit |
Prescribed Organization under PHIPA
Ontario Health
Prescribed Entities under the Coroners Act
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Prescribed Entities under the CYFSA
- not applicable at this timeg
Former Prescribed Persons under PHIPA
The practices and procedures of these former prescribed persons were reviewed and approved by our office. They are no longer approved to operate as prescribed persons under PHIPA and their status has been revoked from the regulations.
Canadian Stroke Network in respect of the Canadian Stroke Registry
2005 | Approval Letter | n/aa | |
2008 | n/aa | ||
2011 |
London Health Sciences Centre in respect of the Ontario Joint Replacement Registry
2005 | Approval Letter | n/aa |
aSworn affidavits were not required for the 2005 and 2008 reviews and approvals.
bIn 2014, 2017, and 2020 its report and subsequent approval letter were combined to address both its authorities as a prescribed entity and a prescribed person under PHIPA.
cIn 2023, the approval letter to Ontario Health addressed its authorities as a prescribed entity, person, and organization under PHIPA.
dThe initial approval was granted for a period of less than three years so that the timing of the next review would be synchronized with the three-year reviews of the other prescribed persons and entities. See ‘Do all of the three-year reviews and approvals occur at the same time?’ on the Review and Approval Process page.
eInitially, Cardiac Care Network of Ontario received approval in respect of its registry of cardiac services. The registry was expanded to include vascular services in 2017.
fAs of January 1, 2020, a prescribed entity under the Coroners Act may not collect personal information under its authority as a prescribed entity unless the Chief Coroner has entered into an agreement with the prescribed entity, and the prescribed entity has in place practices and procedures approved by the IPC. Although three entities have been prescribed, only ICES has initiated a review under the Coroners Act and had its practices and procedures approved by the IPC . The other two prescribed entities have not initiated a review under this Act.
gAlthough two entities have been prescribed under the CYFSA, they have not initiated a review under this act. As of January 1, 2021, a prescribed entity under the CYFSA may not collect personal information under its authority as a prescribed entity unless it has in place practices and procedures approved by the IPC.