PHIPA Decision 196

The complainant submitted a correction request under the Personal Health Information Protection Act to the hospital to correct his medical history information found in his electronic medical record. The hospital denied the complainant’s request citing sections 55(8) and 55(9). In PHIPA Decision 186 the adjudicator found that the complainant did not demonstrate that the information in the record was incomplete or incorrect for the purpose the hospital uses the information as required under section 55(8). As a result, the hospital’s decision to not make the requested corrections was upheld and the complaint was dismissed.