HESA 6305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Circular Definition, Outline Of Health Sciences

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Health Administration
• Course: HESA 6305
• Professor: Persaud

Document Summary

People have a strong interest in having control over health information. Inappropriate disclosure of health information may cause significant harm: discrimination, stigmatization. Only responsible for the content contained in the supplement* (legislation and cases) Freedom of information and protection of privacy act (foipop) know very briefly that it is nova scotia legislation that applies to information held by provincial public-sector bodies. Sets out rules relating to the collection, use, retention, and disclosure of personal information by public bodies, however the impact of this legislation is limited because the hospitals act takes precedence over foipop. Some provinces have health information-spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) legislatio(cid:374) (cid:894)e. g. nova (cid:272)otia(cid:859)s perso(cid:374)al. Personal information protection and electronics documents act (pipeda) federal: federal legislation passed using the trade and commerce power under the. Constitution act, 1867: act applies to every province and territory unless there is provincial legislation that has de(cid:272)lared to (cid:271)e (cid:862)su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tially si(cid:373)ilar(cid:863) (cid:894)e. g. o(cid:374)tario(cid:895, still applies to inter-professional exchange of information.