Privacy of Medical Records: Finding the Right Balance

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Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)

Published

2001

Summary

This paper studies the rules governing personal health information protection in Canada. The research is divided into three main sections: 1) an overview of the current legal situation in Canada with respect to health information privacy, 2) a summary of key stakeholder views, highlighting the main themes of the controversy over the development of new rules, and 3) a comparison of six different legislative models and how each handles the key issues such as consent requirements, and limitations on researchers. This report concludes that privacy of personal health information requires much more detailed regulation than the federal legislation currently affords, and suggests that before legislation is enacted, the public discuss the issues with their governments.

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OCA Funded Research
This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database