New advancements in health record technology raise questions about privacy and security. Consumers are worried that someone might be able to hack into health systems to gain access to private health information.
Federal and state privacy laws such as HIPAA are designed to protect both paper and electronic health records. Systems must be designed to meet [...]

The Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes.
Your Health Information [...]

The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 extends the operation of the Privacy Act 1988 to cover the private health sector throughout Australia.
The co-regulatory approach offered by the legislation allows for flexibility in how organisations (including health service providers) deal with their privacy [...]

A true pioneer in North America in the area of access to information and protection of privacy, Québec devoted three decades to devising an innovative legislative framework that has paved the way for the introduction of similar measures throughout the Canadian federation. Twenty-five years after its inception, this innovative framework, as embodied by the Commission [...]

The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) provides you with the right to:

access your personal health information, and
have your personal health information kept private

when that information is held by a health care provider, health [...]

Part 1 — Introductory Provisions

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Definitions

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Purposes of this Act

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Scope of this Act

Part 2 — Freedom of Information

Division 1 — Information Rights and How to Exercise Them

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Information rights

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How to make a request

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Duty to assist applicants

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Time limit for responding

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Contents of response

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How access will be given

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Extending the time limit [...]

The FOIP Act provides the authority for the Information and Privacy Commissioner to comment on the implications for freedom of information or for protection of privacy of proposed legislative schemes or programs of public bodies. Privacy impact assessments are not mandatory under the FOIP Act, but are recommended for major projects that involve the collection, [...]

Canadians expect and have confidence that the privacy and confidentiality of their personal information will be protected when governments use it in the course of providing programs and services. In no field is the maintenance of this trust more critical than in the health sector.
Recognizing the importance of privacy, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Deputy Ministers [...]

Confidentiality is the cornerstone of the patient-pharmacist relationship. Patients have a right to expect that their pharmacist(s) will hold their personal health information in strict confidence. In order to assist pharmacists in their obligation to preserve the privacy of their patients, the following guidelines were developed:

1. Personal health information is privileged and confidential and [...]

The Saskatchewan Government is taking steps to better protect the privacy of personal health information, by legislating rules for the collection, use, disclosure and management of personal health information in the Saskatchewan health care system.
The government is amending the Health Information Protection Act, which protects confidential health records. It requires health professionals, government, and health [...]