Collection
Health Information and Privacy
Date
File Numbers
HI19-00016
Adjudicators
John Gayle
Decision Type
Decision - PHIPA
Applicable Legislation
PHIPA - 1(b)
PHIPA - 3(1)
PHIPA - 4(1)
PHIPA - 4(2)
PHIPA - 52(1)
PHIPA - 52(3)
PHIPA - 53(1)
PHIPA - 54(1)
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (the Act) about a public hospital (the hospital)’s redaction of its employees’ names from an audit of a patient’s health records. This led to an investigation by this office into the hospital’s practices with respect to responding to access requests for these audits.
This decision concludes that the hospital’s practices were not in accordance with section 54(1) of the Act. However, in light of the steps taken by the hospital to amend these practices, this decision finds that a review of this matter is not warranted.