Veale, Heather (Solicitor, Legal and Legislative Services, Dept. of Justice and Attorney General)
Access to information by individuals-Process of access as review issue
Procedures for access: 30-day response time ... HR95
Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation-Scope of Act as review issue: Oral presentations and written submissions
Written submission from Alberta Blue Cross ... HR95
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Technical resource team in committee's terms of reference ... HR39
Employees' health records-Oral presentations and written submissions
Written submission from Petro-Canada ... HR86
Employees' health records-Scope of Act as review issue
Privacy legislation: Application of PIPA to ... HR86 Privacy legislation: Application of PIPEDA to ... HR86
Fees for health information
Health Information Act
Privacy legislation: PIPA relationship to ... HR86 Privacy legislation: PIPEDA relationship to ... HR86 Public access to Act through Queen's Printer ... HR55
Ownership of health information
Right of access distinct from ownership ... HR16
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
Application to employee health information ... HR86 Other privacy legislation: HIA relationship to PIPA ... HR86
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)-Oral presentations and written submissions
Written submission from Petro-Canada re employee health records ... HR86
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (Federal)
Application to employee health records ... HR86 Other privacy legislation: Relation to HIA Act ... HR86
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (Federal)-Oral presentations and written submissions
Written submission from Petro-Canada re employee health records ... HR86
Petro-Canada
Written submission from ... HR86
Public consultation for review of Act
Public access to Act through Queen's Printer ... HR55
Queen's Printer
Publication of Act ... HR55
Submissions from stakeholders-Written (with submission numbers)
Alberta Blue Cross Plan (#24) ... HR95 Petro-Canada (#9) ... HR86
Workplace safety
Substance abuse test results in employees' records: Disclosure of results ... HR86
Versaevel, Catarina (Project Director, Health Information Act)
Aboriginal peoples
Overview of review issues ... HR23 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19
Access to information by individuals, Right of
Form of request for ... HR160 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 40, 50, 52 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17-19, 160 Public concerns ... HR41, 73
Access to information by individuals-Exceptions to right of access as review issue
Discretionary access for minors ... HR48 Mandatory and discretionary exceptions ... HR73
Access to information by individuals-Process of access as review issue
Procedures for access: 30-day response time ... HR40, 41
Accuracy of health information
Duty of custodian to ensure ... HR159 Electronic health records: Benefits ... HR13 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR159
Administrative burden of Act
Overview of review issues ... HR9
Affiliates of custodians of health information
Custodian duties re affiliates: Oversight role ... HR160 Custodian duties re affiliates: Public concerns ... HR10 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR157, 160
Affiliates of custodians of health information-Definition of affiliate
Definition of affiliate ... HR10, 40 Definition of affiliate: Employees ... HR46, 49
Age under 18 years
Disclosure to minors of own health information ... HR48 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR22, 51
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Public consultation letters re ambulance operators ... HR65, 68
Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR11-12, 22, 51, 279 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR156
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Training and orientation re Act ... HR5
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Distribution of consultation guide to ... HR65
Alberta Medical Association
Consultation guide distribution by ... HR64 Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4 Implementation of Act: Support by AMA ... HR5, 9 Website link to committee website ... HR64
Alberta Mental Health Board
Access to own information, exceptions to right of ... HR73
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Public consultation letters re ambulance operators ... HR65, 68
Alberta Wellnet (Health information network)
Allied health practitioners
Application of PIPEDA to ... HR156 Consultation guide distribution ... HR64, 68 Statistics on number in province ... HR64, 68
Ambulance operators-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR22, 51, 72 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR157 Public consultation: Letters to stakeholders ... HR65, 68
Ambulance Services Act
Definition of operator in Act ... HR51
Australian health information legislation
Pan-Canadian framework research on ... HR21, 159
Balance between privacy and access
Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4, 5-6 Historical context re review issues ... HR8-9 Other provincial legislation ... HR6 Overview of review issues ... HR4-6, 8-9, 40, 50 Terms of reference issue ... HR30-31
Bill 30
As consultation draft of HIA ... HR4
British Columbia health information legislation
Consent model: Informed implied consent ... HR162 Disclosure for management and planning ... HR164 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 156, 158, 162, 164 Sector-specific legislation, lack of ... HR18
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow report)
Use by Pan-Canadian framework researchers ... HR156
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
Disclosure for eligibility and payment as review issue ... HR53
Canadian Medical Association
Pan-Canadian framework consultations ... HR20
Canadian Mental Health Association
Historical context re review issues ... HR9
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Application of Act as review issue ... HR22-23
Canadian Nurses Association
Pan-Canadian framework consultations ... HR20
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Canadian Red Cross
Application of Act as review issue ... HR22-23
Cancer registries
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR160
Centre for Health Policy (Man.)
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (B.C.)
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Challenges to: Quebec's challenge of PIPEDA ... HR161, 162 Historical context re review issues ... HR9
Collection of health information
Definition of collection ... HR42 Authorization by another enactment ... HR6, 14 Consent model: Express consent ... HR20, 163 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 52 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19, 157, 160, 163 Public concerns ... HR42
Collection of health information-Application of fair information principles as review issue
Application to collection, use and disclosure ... HR6, 42, 46
Collection of health information-Direct or indirect collection as review issue
Authorization by another enactment ... HR6 Definition of reasonable grounds ... HR74 Overview of review issues ... HR42 Privacy provisions as review issue ... HR52, 74
Collection of health information-Duty to inform about collection practices as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR52 Use of print materials to inform ... HR163
Collection of health information-Family history collection without consent as review issue
Definition of reasonable grounds ... HR74 Overview of review issues ... HR74
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Training and orientation re Act ... HR5
Commission on Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow)
Pan-Canadian framework research using ... HR156
Communication plan for public consultation
Advertising, newspaper ... HR65, 78 Letters to individuals and organizations ... HR68 Letters to major stakeholders ... HR57 Letters to stakeholders re specific issues ... HR65 Overview of plan ... HR78 Posters ... HR67 Stakeholder distribution list ... HR64, 75-76 Website ... HR64
Confidentiality of health information
Definition of ... HR7 Application of fair information principles ... HR7 Overview of review issues ... HR5-6, 7, 50 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR11, 19-20 Public concerns ... HR11, 12
Consent models-Informed implied consent as review issue
Application of fair information principles ... HR71 Consent model: Express consent ... HR20 Consent model: Informed implied consent ... HR149, 161, 162, 163 Consent model: Informed implied consent under PIPEDA ... HR31, 54, 71, 162-63 Consent model: No consent requirement and application of fair information principles (existing practice) ... HR71 Consent model: Withdrawal or variation of consent ... HR20 Other jurisdictions, legislation in ... HR20, 161, 162, 163, 165 Overview of review issues ... HR54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR9, 11, 19-20, 31, 71, 75, 161-65 PIPEDA controlled arena: Circle of care ... HR54
Consultation Guide for Discussion
Comparison with FOIP guide ... HR50, 55 Distribution to organizations and other entities ... HR64-65, 68 Names and titles in ... HR70 Overview of contents ... HR50-55 Timelines and critical path ... HR37
Controlled arena for collection, use, and disclosure of health information
Barriers to ... HR19, 42 Circle of care under PIPEDA ... HR54 Overview of ... HR6
Correction or amendment of information, Right to
Harmonization with FOIP ... HR41 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 41 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18 Timely response to requests for correction ... HR40, 41
Cultural issues re application of Act
Pan-Canadian framework issue ... HR19
Custodians of health information
Custodians of health information-Definition of custodian as review issue
Definition of custodian ... HR40, 42 List of custodians: In regulations ... HR7, 49 Methods for defining: Designations in regulations ... HR7, 49 Other jurisdictions, legislation and terminology in ... HR160 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18, 157, 158-60
Custodians of health information-Duties re affiliates as review issues
Custodian duties re affiliates: Oversight role ... HR160 Custodian duties re affiliates: Public concerns ... HR10
Data matching-Existing duties and obligations as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR159 By police services ... HR76
Databases and registries of health information
Aggregation of information (transformation of identifying into non-identifying information): Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR159 Non-identifying information: Exclusion from application of Act ... HR42 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR159 Registries: Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR159-60
Deceased individuals
Substitute decision-makers for ... HR48
Definitions for interpretation of Act-Existing definitions as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR5, 40, 51 Pan-Canadian harmonization ... HR19, 158-59
Dependent Adults Act
Substitute decision-makers under ... HR49
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Policy manual (Health Information Act Guidelines and Practices Manual) ... HR5, 159 Public education role re Act ... HR5, 24 Stakeholder list inclusion ... HR64 Website link to committee website ... HR64
Dept. of Health and Wellness-Role as custodian of health information as review issue
Application of fair information principles by ... HR7, 9 Disclosure of identifiable information: Stakeholder concerns ... HR9-10 Historical context re review issues ... HR9, 10 Overview of review issues ... HR7, 9, 10, 42, 43, 44 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR164 PIA requirement: For management and planning ... HR7, 44 Public health surveillance use and disclosure provisions ... HR164 Use of information for management and planning ... HR164
Diagnostic, treatment and care information
Overview of review issues ... HR40 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18, 19-20, 157
Dickson, Gary
Membership, HIA Steering Committee ... HR8
Disclosure of health information-Elements of consent
Definition of consent ... HR43 Definition of informed/knowledgable ... HR162 Definition of emergency ... HR165 Application of fair information principles ... HR161, 163 Consent model: Deemed consent ... HR161 Consent model: Express consent ... HR163 Consent model: Informed implied consent ... HR19-20, 162-63, 165 Consent model: Informed implied consent under PIPEDA ... HR31, 54, 162-63, 165 Consent model: Lock-box provisions ... HR161 Consent model: No consent requirement ... HR163, 164 Consent model: No consent requirement unless against express wishes ... HR161, 162, 163 Informing patients: Use of print materials ... HR163 Other jurisdictions, legislation in ... HR161 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 40, 43 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19-20, 31, 71, 161-65 Revocation or variation of consent ... HR161, 163, 165 Revocation or variation of consent: Other provincial legislation ... HR161 Uses for fundraising: Express consent as Pan-Canadian framework issue ... HR163
Disclosure of health information-Elements of consent to include verbal consent
Overview of review issues ... HR43
Disclosure without consent of health information as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR6, 52 Authorization by another enactment ... HR43 Overview of review issues ... HR6-7, 40, 43
Electronic health records-Custody or control as review issue
Application of Act regardless of record format ... HR10, 13, 25-26 Benefits of EHR ... HR13, 27 Communication tools: Brochure and video ... HR12-13 Consent model for disclosure: Informed implied consent ... HR163 Electronic medical records (local office systems): Overview of review issues ... HR25-26 Electronic medical records (local office systems): Security issues ... HR7, 13 Fees and costs ... HR163 Historical context re development of legislation ... HR7 Implementation of: Other provinces ... HR13-14 Masking information ... HR163 Overview of review issues ... HR4, 7, 11, 26-27 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR11, 17, 18, 21, 31, 32, 156, 159, 161-62 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR156, 159, 161-63 Public and stakeholder concerns ... HR7, 11, 52 Records retention rules ... HR12-13 Safeguard and security provisions ... HR10, 11, 13, 18, 159 Transparency and accountability issues ... HR10
Electronic health records-Scope of Act as review issue
Electronic Health Record Data Stewardship Committee
Access and disclosure as review issues ... HR52 Historical context re review issues ... HR11, 12 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re duties of ... HR159 Stakeholder list inclusion ... HR64
Electronic Transactions Act-Reference in Regulations as review issue
Written submission from Alberta Long Term Care Association re proposal to include in HIA ... HR266
Email as record format
Application of Act regardless of record format ... HR10, 13
Employees' health records-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR51 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR158 Privacy legislation: Application of PIPA to ... HR31, 51, 158 Public concerns re privacy ... HR7 Use of genetic information as review issue ... HR18-19, 23, 54, 157, 160
Extended care facilities
Pan-Canadian framework issues re scope ... HR157 Pharmacists as staff ... HR12
Fair information principles in HIA (highest level of anonymity-least amount of information-need to know)
Application by DHW ... HR7, 9 Application to collection, use and disclosure ... HR6, 7, 20, 42, 46 Application to disclosure to media ... HR163 Application to disclosures with no consent requirements ... HR163 Consent models: Application within ... HR71, 161, 163 Consultation guide overview ... HR50 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17-19, 156, 158, 161 Public concerns ... HR7
Family health information-Disclosure without consent as review issue
Disclosure without consent as review issue ... HR43, 52 Families as third parties ... HR41 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18-19, 157
Fax as record format
Application of Act regardless of record format ... HR10, 13
Fees for health information
Fees for health information-Amount of fees as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR7, 49 For preparation of information for individuals ... HR41
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP)
General remarks ... HR26 HIA relationship to: Exclusion from HIA review ... HR31 HIA relationship to: Harmonization of HIA and FOIP ... HR6, 7, 11, 40, 41, 46 HIA relationship to: Review of FOIP as model for review of HIA ... HR33, 50, 55 OIPC duties and powers ... HR48, 54
Genetic information-Disclosure provisions as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR18-19, 23, 54, 75 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18-19, 23, 54, 75, 157, 160 Use by insurance industry ... HR18, 23, 54, 75, 157
Government departments with health information, Other-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR11-12, 22, 30 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157 Public consultation: Stakeholder list inclusion ... HR64
Graham, Marlene (Chair, Health Information Act Implementation Steering Committee)
Historical context re development of legislation ... HR5, 8
Health Canada
Pan-Canadian framework review ... HR21
Health Information Act
Amendments, future ... HR25, 53-54 Application of Act regardless of record format ... HR10, 13, 25-26 Consequential amendments ... HR50 Historical context: Development of legislation ... HR4-8, 10, 11-12, 64 Historical context: Development of legislation, Bill 30 ... HR4 Historical context: Overview of review issues ... HR8-9, 11-12, 12, 43 Overview of Act ... HR5-9, 40-50 Privacy legislation: FOIP harmonization with HIA ... HR6, 7, 11-12, 40, 41, 46 Privacy legislation: Paramountcy of PIPEDA ... HR10, 11, 17, 50, 155-56 Privacy legislation: PIPA relationship to: Review of ... HR158 Privacy legislation: PIPEDA relationship to ... HR10, 11, 31, 162-65 Public access to Act ... HR51, 74, 77 Public access to Act through Queen's Printer ... HR55 Public concerns ... HR24, 41, 42
Health Information Act-Public education methods
Agencies: Role of DHW ... HR5 Agencies: Role of professional associations ... HR9 Communication plan ... HR78 Communication tools: Brochures ... HR6 Communication tools: DHW manual (HIA Guidelines and Practices Manual) ... HR5 Communication tools: Help desk ... HR5 Communication tools: Posters ... HR67, 78 Communication tools: Video on EHR ... HR12-13 General remarks ... HR2, 5, 24
Health Information Act-Purposes of Act as review issue
General remarks ... HR26-27, 40, 50, 51 Overview of review issues ... HR5-6 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR158
Health Information Act-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview in consultation guide ... HR51-52 Overview of mandatory review issues ... HR11-12, 17, 22-23 Overview of mandatory review of scope ... HR30, 42, 51-52 Public concerns ... HR24
Health Information Act Implementation Steering Committee
Historical context re development of legislation ... HR5, 8
Health Information Act Steering Committee
Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4 Historical context re public- and private-sector entities ... HR11, 51, 71-72 Historical context re review issues ... HR9, 11 Membership of committee ... HR4, 8
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003
Overview of Amendment Act ... HR4, 7, 10
Health information organizations
Application of Act as review issue ... HR22 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157 Public consultation advertising to and by ... HR64, 68 Stakeholder list inclusion ... HR64
Health of Canadians, the Federal role, The (Kirby report)
Use by Pan-Canadian framework researchers ... HR156
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Health service provider information (HSPI)-Scope of Act as review issue
Historical context ... HR9 Overview of review issues ... HR7, 9, 23, 43, 51 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 18, 20, 158 Pan-Canadian framework issues: Consultation guide ... HR158
Industry Canada
Education programs re PIPEDA ... HR54
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Public education re Act ... HR2, 5, 24 Review of access decisions by custodians: Statistics on actions ... HR24 Statistics on actions by: Review of access decisions by custodians ... HR24 Terminology for privacy commissioner in other jurisdictions ... HR160 Triplicate prescription program: Authorization of disclosure without consent to police ... HR9
Information and Privacy Commissioner-Duties and powers as review issues
Historical context re review issues ... HR11 Overview of powers under FOIP and HIA ... HR48, 54 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 7, 48, 54, 77 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18, 20, 159-60, 164
Information and Privacy Commissioner-Disclosure of name of individual reporting on breach of Act as review issue
Information managers-Existing duties and obligations as review issue
International practices re health information
Outsourcing to out-of-Canada providers ... HR8 Pan-Canadian framework research on ... HR21, 159 Terrorist attacks, impact on access and disclosure: Request for information ... HR79
Inuit peoples
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19
Kirby health care report (The Health of Canadians, the Federal Role)
Use by Pan-Canadian framework researchers ... HR156
Liability for actions re health information
Good faith provisions ... HR19, 49, 160 Overview of review issues ... HR49 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19, 159-60 Public concerns ... HR49
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Regulatory powers ... HR49
Local public bodies-Scope of Act as review issue
Definition of ... HR22, 30 Overview of review issues ... HR11, 22, 23, 30, 51 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157
MacInerny vs. MacDonald
Supreme Court case re ownership of health information ... HR16
Mandatory Gunshot Reporting Act (Ont.)
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Manitoba health information legislation
Balance between privacy and access as issue ... HR6 Consent model: Lock-box provisions ... HR20, 161 Consent model: No consent requirement ... HR161 Custodians: Terminology for ... HR160 Disclosure without consent: For management and planning ... HR164 Disclosure without consent: For pastoral care ... HR164 Oversight and redress body ... HR20 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 20-21 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR156, 159, 160, 161, 164 Review of Manitoba legislation, current ... HR20-21
Medical laboratories
Privacy legislation: Application of PIPEDA to ... HR156
Medical profession
Advertising to ... HR67 Consultation guide distribution ... HR64, 68 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157 Privacy legislation: Application of PIPEDA to ... HR10, 156 Statistics on number in province ... HR64, 68 Training and orientation re Act ... HR5 Trust issues: Doctor/patient relationships and disclosure to police ... HR52
Mental Health Act
Substitute decision-makers for individuals ... HR49
Mental illness health information
Access of individual to own information, exceptions to ... HR73 Historical context re review issues ... HR9
Métis peoples
Application of Act as review issue ... HR23 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19
Minister of Health and Wellness
Designation of research ethics boards/committees by ... HR45 Disclosure for eligibility and payment as review issues: Correspondence from Minister ... HR53-54
Minister of Health and Wellness-Role as custodian of health information as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR7, 10, 42, 43, 44 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164 PIA requirement: For disclosure for management and planning ... HR44 Power to access and disclose identifiable information: Stakeholder concerns ... HR9, 10
Municipalities
Public consultation letters re ambulance operators ... HR65, 68
New Zealand health information legislation
Pan-Canadian framework research on ... HR21, 159
Non-identifying health information-Regulations for preparation as review issues
Aggregation of information (transforming from identifiable to non-identifiable information) ... HR159 Application of Act to ... HR42 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 19, 47, 49, 159 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR159 Regulations for: Power to create ... HR49
Non-recorded health information-Scope of Act as review issue
Notation of disclosure without consent
Automated systems (audit logs) ... HR159 Overview of review issues ... HR43
Notation of disclosure without consent-Retention period as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR43
Notification by custodian to individual and/or OIPC of breach of Act: Disclosure of name of person reporting breach
Pan-Canadian framework issues re report of breach ... HR159-60
Notification to recipient of purpose and authority for disclosure without consent as review issues
Overview of review issues ... HR43
Nova Scotia health information legislation
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR164 Pastoral care disclosure provisions ... HR164
Nursing homes
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157
Offences and penalties-Existing provisions as review issue
Fines and penalties: Maximum amounts ... HR49, 55 Fines and penalties: Statistics on other provincial legislation ... HR55 Fines and penalties: Statistics on violations of Act ... HR24 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 49, 54-55 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18, 159
Ontario health information legislation
Balance between privacy and access as issue ... HR6 Consent model: For fundraising ... HR163 Consent model: Informed implied consent ... HR20, 161, 162, 163, 165 Definitions, custodian ... HR160 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 20 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR156, 159, 161, 163, 164, 165 Pastoral care disclosure provisions ... HR164 Personal Health Information Protection Act: Coming into force ... HR55, 70 Police disclosures ... HR164 Police disclosures: Gunshot wounds ... HR164 Use for management and planning ... HR164
Outsourcing of health information services
Oversight and redress body re health information practices
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR18, 20, 164
Ownership of health information
Historical background of review issues re ... HR16 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR16 Right of access distinct from ownership ... HR16
Pan-Canadian privacy and confidentiality framework
Core and ancillary provisions: Definitions of ... HR156 Historical background ... HR17, 21-22, 32, 155-56 International practices, research on ... HR21, 159 Overview of mandate and key issues ... HR17-21, 155-64 PIPEDA relationship to review of HIA ... HR10, 17, 21, 23, 31, 32, 37, 70, 155-57, 162, 165 Public consultation: Consultation guide ... HR156-64 Public consultation: Health Canada Public opinion poll ... HR21 Public consultation: In Alberta ... HR157 Public consultation: In Canada ... HR20, 155, 161, 164 Purpose of framework ... HR21-22 Scope of framework: Types of entities and information ... HR157-58 Scope of HIA review to address issues in ... HR8, 10-11, 30-33, 70-71, 157-58 Timeline and process of framework ... HR11, 17, 18, 20-21, 25, 31, 32-33, 37, 70, 157-58, 161, 164-65 Timeline and process of review of Act ... HR37-38, 157-58 Transparency and accountability as goals ... HR159 Use of health reports ... HR156
Pan-Canadian privacy and confidentiality framework-Issues for consideration
Aboriginal peoples ... HR19 Access to information by individual ... HR17-19, 160 Accuracy of information ... HR159 Affiliates (Agents) ... HR157, 160 Age under 18 years ... HR164 Ambulance operators ... HR157 Collection of health information ... HR19, 157, 160 Consent model: Lock-box provisions ... HR161 Consent models ... HR18, 19-20, 31, 71, 161-65 Correction or amendment of health information ... HR18 Cultural practices ... HR19 Custodian duties and obligations ... HR18, 157, 159-60 Data matching ... HR159 Definitions, harmonization of ... HR19, 158-59 Disclosure for payment ... HR20 Electronic health records ... HR11, 17, 18, 21, 31, 32, 156, 159, 161-63 Employees' health records ... HR158 Fair information principles and rules ... HR17-19, 156, 158, 161 Genetic information ... HR18-19, 23, 54, 75, 157, 160 HSPI disclosure ... HR17, 18, 20, 158 Information managers ... HR19, 157, 159 Insurance industry ... HR23, 157 Liability ... HR19, 159-60 Non-recorded information ... HR157, 160 Nursing homes ... HR157 Offences and penalties ... HR18, 159 Oversight and redress body ... HR18, 20, 164 Ownership of health information ... HR16 Pastoral care ... HR164 Personal health numbers ... HR19, 159 Pharmaceutical industry ... HR157 PIPEDA and provincial health information legislation ... HR10, 21, 31, 32, 37, 71, 155-56, 155-57, 161-65, 165 Police disclosures ... HR163-64, 164 Policies and procedures ... HR19, 159 Privacy impact assessments ... HR19, 159 Private-sector entities ... HR17, 23, 157, 158 Public health surveillance ... HR164 Purposes of privacy legislation ... HR158 Records ... HR159 Registries of health information ... HR160 Research use of health information ... HR20, 21, 157, 164 Safeguards and security ... HR11, 18, 19, 159 Scope of framework: Types of entities and information ... HR157-58 Substitute decision-makers ... HR20, 164 Transborder data flow ... HR8, 19, 21-22, 159, 160-61 Transformation of health data ... HR159 Triplicate prescription program ... HR163 Workers' compensation boards ... HR157
Pastoral care-Disclosure without consent as review issue
Other jurisdictions, legislation in ... HR164 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
PATRIOT Act, USA (US)
Impact on health information sharing: Request for information on ... HR79
Personal Directives Act
Substitute decision-makers for individuals ... HR49
Personal health numbers
Overview of PHNs ... HR19, 42, 49 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19, 159
Personal Information Protection Act (B.C.)
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR158
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
Application to employee health information ... HR31, 51, 158 Application to health information: Review of scope of ... HR158 Exclusion from review of HIA ... HR23, 31 Other privacy legislation: Overview of PIPA and HIA ... HR158 Pan-Canadian framework relationship ... HR11, 158
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (Federal)
Application to Aboriginal peoples as review issue ... HR23 Application to privately funded health providers ... HR10, 11, 156 Circle of care: Definition of ... HR54 Consent model: Informed implied consent ... HR31, 54, 71, 111, 162-63 Other privacy legislation: Paramountcy over provincial legislation ... HR10, 11, 17, 50, 155-56 Overview of PIPEDA ... HR23, 54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR10, 21, 31, 32, 37, 71, 155-57, 161-65 Provincial jurisdiction over health law matters: Debate over constitutionality of PIPEDA ... HR162 Quebec's Charter challenge to ... HR161
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues re scope of Act ... HR22, 51
Pharmaceutical information network
Pharmacies and pharmacists
Consultation guide distribution to ... HR64 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide re scope ... HR157 Privacy legislation: Application of PIPEDA to ... HR10, 156 Public- or private-sector status ... HR12 Training and orientation about Act ... HR5
Pharmacists Association of Alberta
Consultation guide distribution to ... HR64 Disclosure for eligibility and payment as review issue ... HR53-54 Education of members re HIA by DHW ... HR5 Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4 Website link to committee website ... HR64
Police, Disclosure without consent as review issue
Authorization by another enactment ... HR43 Data matching by police services ... HR76 Discretionary disclosures: Interpretation of reasonable grounds ... HR74 Discretionary disclosures: To avert imminent danger ... HR8 Discretionary disclosures: To comply with subpoena, warrant or order ... HR8-9 Discretionary disclosures: To investigate life-threatening injuries ... HR8 General remarks ... HR23 Historical context re review issues ... HR9, 52, 163 Overview of review issues ... HR8-9, 43, 52 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR163-64 Trust issues: Doctor/patient relationships ... HR52
Police, Disclosure without consent of gunshot wounds, stabbings and severe beatings
Other jurisdictions, legislation in: Ontario legislation (Bill 110) ... HR164 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Police, Disclosure without consent of prescription drugs fraud
Authorization by another enactment ... HR43 Overview of review issues and options ... HR9
Policies and procedures re health information-Duty of custodian to establish
Duty to assist public ... HR159 Implementation: DHW manual (Health Information Act Guidelines and Practices Manual) ... HR5, 159 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19, 159
Power of attorney
Substitute decision-makers for individuals ... HR49
Privacy of health information
Definition of ... HR7, 19 Overview of review issues ... HR5-6, 7, 50 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17-18, 19 Public concerns ... HR12
Privacy impact assessments (PIA)
Historical context re review issues ... HR9 OIPC publication of summaries of ... HR159 Overview of review issues ... HR9, 76 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR19, 159 Requirement: For management and planning ... HR7, 19, 44
Privacy impact assessments (PIA)-Administrative process as review issue
Administrative burden of Act ... HR9, 76
Privately funded health care providers-Scope of Act as review issue
Historical context re application of Act to ... HR11-12, 51, 71-72 Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 11-12, 17, 22-23, 30, 42, 51, 71-72, 75 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 23 Pan-Canadian framework consultations ... HR20, 157, 158 Privacy legislation: Application of PIPEDA to ... HR10, 11, 156 Provincial health information legislation, other ... HR17-18 Public consultation: Ad hoc task force list ... HR11, 23, 57, 64, 72, 75-76 Public consultation: Ad hoc task force list, Request for ... HR25 Stakeholder concerns ... HR23, 25, 72 Status determination: Mixed entities ... HR12 Use of information for commercial purposes ... HR21-22
Provincial health information legislation and practices, Other
Balance between privacy and access ... HR6 Consent model: Lock-box provisions ... HR20 Consent models ... HR19-20, 161-62 Electronic health record issues ... HR13-14 Jurisdiction of provinces over health law matters ... HR162 Legislation, program and sector-specific ... HR6, 17, 18, 156 Offences and penalties ... HR55 Pan-Canadian consultation guide overview of ... HR156, 158, 159, 161, 162 Private-sector health entities ... HR17 Public concerns ... HR12 Reviews of legislation ... HR21 Transborder data flow ... HR8, 19, 21-22
Public consultation for review of Act
Public access to Act ... HR51, 74, 77 Public access to Act through Queen's Printer ... HR55
Public consultation for review of Act-Submissions
Historical background, submissions re development of legislation ... HR64 Public and stakeholder interest ... HR50-51, 78 Timeline for submissions ... HR78-79
Public forum-Disclosure without consent to address a public complaint
Application of fair information practices ... HR163 Overview of review issues ... HR20 Pan-Canadian review issues ... HR20, 163
Public health surveillance as review issue
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR164
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR163-64
Quebec
Pan-Canadian framework: Exclusion from ... HR17, 156, 160-61 Provincial jurisdiction over health law: Challenge to PIPEDA by ... HR161, 162
Queen's Printer
Publication of Act ... HR55
Records-Retention, storage, and archiving as review issues
Application of Act regardless of record format ... HR10, 13, 25-26 Overview of review issues ... HR49 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR159 Regulations for ... HR12, 49 Retention period: As review issue ... HR12-13
Records-Disclosure where transfer from custodian to successor custodian
Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR163
Regional health authorities
As custodian of health information ... HR42 Fundraising by: Pan-Canadian framework issue ... HR163 Overview of application of Act ... HR7 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR157, 164 Planning and management by ... HR7, 19, 42, 164 Public consultation: Letters re ambulance operators ... HR65 Public consultation: Stakeholder list inclusion ... HR64 Public health surveillance use and disclosure provisions ... HR164 Training and orientation re Act ... HR5
Registration information
Definition of ... HR7 Overview of review issues ... HR7 Personal health numbers included as ... HR19, 42, 49
Regulations in Act-Existing and proposed regulations as review issue
Overview in consultation guide ... HR55, 77 Overview of review issues ... HR7, 49
Research, Use and disclosure for-Existing provisions as review issue
General remarks ... HR8, 23 Overview of review issues ... HR7, 42, 45-46, 54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR20, 21 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR157, 164
Research ethics boards/committees
Definition of ethics committee/board ... HR164 Designations in regulations ... HR45, 49 Overview of research ethics boards ... HR42, 44 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR164
Research ethics boards/committees-Duties, number, and composition as review issues
Consultation process with research ethics boards/committees ... HR45
Safeguards (physical, technical, and security)-Existing provisions as review issue
Definition of security ... HR7 Application of fair information principles ... HR7 Duty to protect information ... HR54 Overview of review issues ... HR7, 49, 54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR11, 18, 19, 159 Public concerns ... HR7, 11, 18 Regulations for ... HR49
Saskatchewan health information legislation
Balance between privacy and access as issue ... HR6 Consent model for care and treatment: Deemed consent without right to revoke ... HR161 Consent models ... HR20 Offences and penalties ... HR55 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR17, 19-20 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR156, 159, 161
Select Special Health Information Act Review Committee
Select Special Health Information Act Review Committee-Terms of Reference
Committee structure and meetings ... HR33 Mandate in Act ... HR22, 30, 50 Overview of terms of reference ... HR30-38 Review of FOIP as model for format ... HR33 Scope of review ... HR26, 30 Scope of review re Pan-Canadian framework ... HR8, 10-11, 30-33, 70-71, 157
Select Special Health Information Act Review Committee-Timelines and critical path
Stakeholder Distribution List
Consultation guide distribution ... HR64 Organizations and individuals ... HR64, 75-76
Statistics Canada
Pan-Canadian framework research and consultations with ... HR164
Stevens, Ron (Chair, Health Information Act Steering Committee)
Historical context re development of legislation ... HR4, 8, 9, 11
Substitute decision-makers for individuals-Existing provisions as review issue
Authorization by another enactment ... HR49 Authorized decision-maker: Written consent of individual ... HR49 Clarification: Requests for ... HR49 For individuals: Age under 18 years ... HR48 For individuals: Deceased individuals ... HR48 For individuals: Dependent adults ... HR49 Overview of review issues ... HR20, 48-49, 54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR20, 164 Public concerns ... HR49
Supreme Court of Canada
Case re ownership of health information (MacInerny vs. MacDonald) ... HR16 Jurisdiction of provinces on health law matters: Quebec's challenge re PIPEDA ... HR161, 162
Terrorist attacks
Impact on health information sharing: Request for information on ... HR79
Third party carriers-Disclosure without consent for eligibility and payment as review issues
Overview of review issues ... HR53-54 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR20
Triplicate prescription programs (TPP)-Scope of Act as review issue
Authorization by Act: Proposal for explicit ... HR9, 52 Authorization by another enactment ... HR52 Historical context as review issue ... HR9 Management: OIPC role in authorizing disclosures ... HR9 Overview of review issues ... HR9, 52 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR163
Trustees of individuals
As substitute decision-makers ... HR49
United Kingdom health information legislation
Pan-Canadian framework research on ... HR21, 159
United States, Health information in
Pan-Canadian framework research on legislation re ... HR21, 159 Terrorist attacks impact on health information practices: Request for information on ... HR79
Use of health information
For commercial purposes ... HR21-22 Consent model: Written consent ... HR20 Informing patients: Use of print materials ... HR163 Overview of review issues ... HR6, 7, 42, 52 Pan-Canadian framework consultation guide ... HR157, 163
Use of health information-Purposes for existing custodians as review issue
For fundraising: Pan-Canadian framework issue ... HR163
Workers' Compensation Board-Scope of Act as review issue
Mandate and funding of ... HR72 Overview of review issues ... HR11-12, 22, 51 Pan-Canadian framework issues ... HR157
Workers' Compensation Boards, Other provincial
Pan-Canadian consultation guide re scope ... HR157
Video Presentations to Committee
Access to information by individuals, Right of
Definition of access ... HR3 Overview of review issues ... HR3-4
Affiliates of custodians of health information
Custodian duties re affiliates ... HR3
Affiliates of custodians of health information-Definition of affiliate
Definition of affiliate ... HR3
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Ambulance operators-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Collection of health information
Definition of collection ... HR3 Overview of review issues ... HR3
Controlled arena for collection, use, and disclosure of health information
Barriers to ... HR4 Overview of ... HR3, 4
Correction or amendment of information, Right to
Review by Commissioner ... HR3-4
Custodians of health information
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Custodians of health information-Definition of custodian as review issue
Definition of custodian ... HR3
Custodians of health information-Duties re affiliates as review issues
Custodian duties re affiliates ... HR3
Definitions for interpretation of Act-Existing definitions as review issue
Definition of health information ... HR3
Dept. of Health and Wellness-Role as custodian of health information as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR2, 3
Diagnostic, treatment and care information
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Disclosure of health information-Elements of consent
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Disclosure without consent of health information as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Electronic health records-Custody or control as review issue
Definition of ... HR13 Application of fair information principles ... HR13 Benefits of EHR ... HR13 Communication tools: Brochure and video ... HR13-14 Overview of review issues ... HR13-14 Public and stakeholder concerns ... HR2
Fair information principles in HIA (highest level of anonymity-least amount of information-need to know)
Definitions of ... HR4 Application to disclosure without consent ... HR3 Application to EHR ... HR13 Overview of review issues ... HR3-4
Health information-Definition as review issue
Health Information Act
Historical context: Development of legislation ... HR2-4 Overview of Act ... HR2-4 Video on principles and rules ... HR2-4
Health Information Act-Public education methods
Communication tools: Video on EHR ... HR13-14
Health Information Act-Purposes of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Health Information Act-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of current scope of Act ... HR3
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003
Overview of (before repeal) ... HR3, 4
Health service provider information (HSPI)-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Information and Privacy Commissioner-Duties and powers as review issues
Overview of review issues ... HR3-4
Minister of Health and Wellness-Role as custodian of health information as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR3
Offences and penalties-Existing provisions as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR4
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board-Scope of Act as review issue
Overview of review issues re scope of Act ... HR3
Privacy of health information
Overview of review issues ... HR2-3
Privacy impact assessments (PIA)
Overview of review issues ... HR4 Overview of review issues: Description of PIA ... HR4
Regional health authorities
Overview of application of Act ... HR3
Registration information
Definition of ... HR3 Overview of review issues ... HR3
Safeguards (physical, technical, and security)-Existing provisions as review issue
Overview of review issues ... HR2-3 Public concerns ... HR2
Video presentations to Select Special HIA Review Committee
On electronic health records ... HR13-14 On Health Information Act ... HR2-4
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