All Guidance and Resources

Letter to The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy

Use this Workbook and Guide as a “how to” tool to complete the statistical report for the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario about requests made under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA).

This Workbook provides health information custodians with step-by-step guidance to assist health information custodians to report privacy breach statistics to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

This Guide provides an overview of requirements under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 for the electronic health record, interoperability of digital health assets, electronic audit logs, consumer electronic service providers, and access to records in electronic format. 

This guide provides health care providers with an overview of key requirements from the Personal Health Information Protection Act and some practical steps they should take to protect personal health information, particularly as they plan and deliver virtual health care.