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 care facility or public body (referred to in the Act as “trustees“). Click here to view The Personal Health [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]