Haldimand Family Health Team

Your Health Information and Your Privacy Rights

When coming to see us, we assume you consent to our collecting, using and sharing your health information to provide you with health care, unless you tell us otherwise.

In most cases, we only use and share your information with those who are providing you with health care, such as doctors, nurses, residents and other team members. We may also provide your health information to Ontario Health to update your provincial electronic health record (EHR), in order to help facilitate and coordinate your care with other health care providers.

Sometimes we may collect, use or share your health information without your permission, including:

  • To contact a relative or friend if you are incapacitated
  • To report certain diseases to public health authorities
  • When necessary to prevent serious harm to you or others
  • When we suspect certain types of abuse
  • To get payment for the services we provide to you

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Ask to see and get a copy of your health record
  • Ask us to correct information in your record that is inaccurate or incomplete
  • Ask us not to collect, use or share your health information for health care purposes

Contact us if you would like to:

  • Ask about how to exercise your privacy rights
  • Request access to or correction of your health record
  • Make a complaint

Haldimand Family Health Team Privacy Officer
Barbara Klassen, Executive Director
(365) 206-0303, ext 2009
executive.director@haldimandfht.ca

Research, Education and Planning

Sometimes we get your permission before we collect, use or share your health information for research. However, some research projects do not require your consent under certain conditions. These research projects must be approved by a research ethics board and must have privacy safeguards in place. We may also use your health information for educational purposes and to plan our services and may share this information with certain organizations for health system planning and management.

You have the right to file a complaint with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

info@ipc.on.ca
1-800-387-0073
www.ipc.on.ca