PHIPA DECISION 258

The complainant asked a hospital to remove personal health information from records of his visits to a hospital’s pacemaker clinic. The custodian denied the correction request, but later added information to one of the visit notes that addressed some of the complainant’s concerns. In her decision, the adjudicator finds that the hospital provided an adequate response to the complainant’s correction request. She finds no purpose would be served by conducting a review of the complaint because deletion of personal health information is not permitted as part of a patient’s right to seek correction of records under the Act.