Collection
Health Information and Privacy
Date
File Numbers
HA20-00155
Adjudicators
Daphne Loukidelis
Decision Type
Decision - PHIPA
Applicable Legislation
PHIPA - 55(1)
PHIPA - 55(9)(b)
PHIPA - 55(11)
An individual submitted a correction request under the Personal Health Information Protection Act to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, seeking correction to a consulting doctor’s report about him because he believed it to be inaccurate. The hospital denied the correction request, pursuant to the exception for good faith professional opinion or observation in section 55(9)(b) of PHIPA. The adjudicator finds that section 55(9)(b) applies and she upholds the hospital’s decision not to make the requested correction. No order is issued.