Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Canton on PHIPA

David Canton, of eLegal Canton, has a new article on Canoe about Ontario's new Personal Health Information Protection Act:

CANOE -- CNEWS - Tech News David Canton: Medical privacy now law:

"Ontario's new law on the privacy of health information will affect every person in the province. The Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), which became law Nov. 1, applies to individuals and organizations involved in the delivery of health-care services.

Some organizations that may not consider themselves in the health-care sector will be subject to PHIPA -- it reaches beyond the traditional hospital/doctor setting...."

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