The British Columbia finance minister has waded into the privacy/outsourcing debate to try to reassure the public that privacy will be protected if the BC government outsources medical records management to a subsidiary of a US company.
B.C. residents' health records will be secure with U.S. company, Collins says
Thu Aug 19, 8:52 PM ET
VICTORIA (CP) - The privacy of British Columbians will be protected if Victoria allows a U.S.-based firm to manage the province's medical records, says Finance Minister Gary Collins.
The government is considering giving the contract to the Canadian subsidiary of a company called Maximus.
"We are dealing with a 100 per cent Canadian subsidiary of the company," Collins said. "The entire board of directors are Canadian citizens.
"We also are working with the privacy commissioner but our number one issue is the security of people's private information and government will not sign a contract unless we're completely comfortable that British Columbia citizens medical records are completely private," Collins said.
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