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Fact Sheet #17 - Applying PHIPA and FIPPA/MFIPPA to Personal Health Information

The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to provide organizations that are defined as both health information custodians under the Personal Health Information Protection Act ( PHIPA) and institutions under public sector privacy and access to information legislation, namely the provincial Freedom of

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- Published on Apr 19, 2011

Fact Sheet #16 - Health-Care Requirement for Strong Encryption

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, in Order HO-004 and Order HO-007, required that health information be safeguarded at all times, specifically by ensuring that any personal health information stored on any mobile devices (e.g., laptops, memory sticks, PDAs) be strongly

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- Published on Jul 16, 2010

A Positive-Sum Paradigm in Action in the Health Sector

Health information custodians frequently rely on de-identification when using or disclosing health information – a measure that can protect individual privacy, but often at the expense of data quality (zero-sum paradigm). Dr. Khaled El Emam, a senior investigator at the Children’s Hospital of

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- Published on Mar 30, 2010

RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers

RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers. RFID technology can help save lives - and preserve privacy.

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- Published on Jan 23, 2008

Safeguarding Privacy on Mobile Devices

A brochure outlining suggested best practices for securing mobile devices (PDAs, laptops, etc.) and protecting the information carried out of the workplace on them. Steps are organized into sections: Before you Walk out of the Workplace, While you are Out and When You have Completed Your Work

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- Published on Jun 14, 2007

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Request to Correct Personal Health Information (PHIPA)

A generic request form for filing a request to correct your personal health information held by a health information custodian. This request form should be submitted directly to the health information custodian.
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- Published on Oct 3, 2005

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Authorization to Act as an Agent For A Complaint under the Personal Health Information Protection Act

A form to be signed by a complainant who is represented by someone other than a lawyer.

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- Published on Jul 11, 2005