Collection
Health Information and Privacy
Date
File Numbers
HA21-00129
Adjudicators
Valerie Jepson
Decision Type
Decision
Applicable Legislation
PHIPA - 52(1)(e)(iii)
The complainant requested from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (the hospital) access to a complete copy of his file for a specified time period. The hospital initially denied the request in full, relying on sections 52(1)(e)(i) (harm to the requester or others) and 52(1)(e)(iii) (confidential source) of PHIPA. During the IPC review of the complaint, the hospital agreed to provide the complainant with most of the information at issue. However, it continued to withhold portions under section 52(1)(e)(iii) (confidential source). In this decision, the adjudicator upholds the hospital’s claim that the section 52(1)(e)(iii) exemption applies to the remaining information and dismisses the complaint.