PHIPA DECISION 239

The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) for clinical records, patient relations records, and quality review records arising from her experience at the Brant Community Healthcare System (the hospital). The hospital identified and released a number of records, but the complainant believed there ought to be more. She filed an appeal under FIPPA in respect of the hospital’s search for records and the completeness of the records released to her. In this decision, the adjudicator finds that the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), which also applies the hospital, is the relevant statute governing the issues raised by the complainant. The adjudicator finds that the hospital conducted a reasonable search for records in accordance with its obligations under PHIPA, which are analogous to those applicable to the hospital under FIPPA. As there is no reasonable basis to believe that additional searches would yield responsive records, the adjudicator dismisses the complaint without issuing an order.