22 result(s)
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1.Summary: An individual asked the appointed guardian of her late doctor’s medical records (the custodian) for access to her complete medical records. While the custodian originally claimed he found the individu...
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2.Summary: In December 2022, the respondent the Hospital for Sick Children (the hospital) was the subject of a ransomware attack. The attack resulted in the encryption of numerous hospital servers, including tho...
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3.Summary: In June 2021, the respondent Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFL&A) was the subject of a ransomware attack. The attack resulted in the encryption of multiple KFL&A servers, i...
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4.Summary: In July 2022, the respondent Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) was the subject of an email phishing attack. As a result of the attack, a threat actor gained access to one SMDHU email account...
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5.Summary: The complainant asserted that a doctor had not conducted a reasonable search for his medical records. The complainant relied on an affidavit of documents from an existing court proceeding between hims...
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6.Summary: Asserting the correction rights in the Act, the mother of a child requested that the hospital make several corrections to her child’s medical record regarding a previous diagnosis and references to o...
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7.Summary: The complainant requested a copy of her entire file from the custodian. The complainant was dissatisfied with the completeness of the records she received and challenges the search for records. The ad...
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8.Summary: A medical imaging clinic notified the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (the IPC) of a breach under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (the Act or PHIPA), follo...
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9.Summary: The complainant submitted a twelve-part correction request under the Act to a health information custodian for the correction of her personal health information within a psychotherapy consultation rep...
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10.Summary: The complainant sought access to his records of personal health information from Dr. Eric Ireland (the custodian). This decision determines that the custodian is deemed to have refused the complainant...
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11.Summary: The complainant submitted a request to a hospital to correct his personal health information contained in an intake form for an addiction treatment program. The hospital denied the correction request ...
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12.Summary: This decision deals with two issues arising out of an access request made under the Personal Health Information Protection Act to the City of Toronto’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care (the custodi...
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13.Summary: The complainant’s request for access to his son’s records of personal health information was denied by the hospital under section 23(3) of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, because...
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14.Summary: The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (the IPC) received an anonymous complaint from a group of doctors relating to two research databases created from personal health information, UTOPI...
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15.Summary: The complainant sought access to her records of personal health information from Dr. Eric Ireland (the custodian). This decision determines that the custodian is deemed to have refused the complainant...
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16.Summary: Two sons of a deceased patient requested under the Act that the hospital make several corrections to the death note of their mother. The hospital granted two corrections related to the date and circum...
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17.Summary: The complainant made a request under PHIPA for access to her medical records in the possession of a named physician, who is a relative of the complainant. The physician released several records to the...
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18.Summary: The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) for clinical records, patient relations records, and quality review records arising from her exper...
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19.Summary: A patient made an access request under PHIPA for notes taken during a meeting he had with a Director of a facility. The custodian denied access to the notes claiming that the legal privilege exemptio...
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20.Summary: In PHIPA Decision 217, the adjudicator found the clinic had failed to demonstrate reasonable efforts to identify and locate records responsive to a request for the clinic’s complete paperwork relating...
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21.Summary: The complainant made a correction request under the Act to a health information custodian (the custodian) for the correction of his personal health information in a consultation report. The custodian ...
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22.Summary: The complainant submitted a correction request under PHIPA to a hospital to correct her personal health information in two forms completed by a physician. The hospital denied the complainant’s request...