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Personal health information in New Brunswick : Renseignements personnels sur la santé au Nouveau-Brunswick : mettre en équilibre les droits à la protection des renseignements personnels et les exigences en matière d'accès

12 Oct 2007

The mandate of the Task Force was to consult with New Brunswickers and provide recommendations to the Minister of Health on new legislation to govern the collection, use and disclosure of PHI in the province. [...] In making the announcement of the Task Force, the Minister noted the rapidly developing capacity to share personal health information through technological advancements and emphasized the “…obligation to properly use and protect information.” The Minister also indicated that the “government plans to introduce legislation that is specific to the use and protection of personal health information as [...] It also took good note of the excellent work done in this area under the aegis of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health and contained in the Pan Canadian Health Information Privacy and Confidentiality Framework (the Pan Canadian Framework).2 The steps and process chosen by New Brunswick in preparation for the adoption of legislation for the protection of PHI d [...] It also facilitates the use of the same information in the delivery of health care to individuals as well as in the planning and management of the health care system. [...] PHI that balance the privacy rights of individuals with the access requirements of health service professionals, health system managers and other legitimate users of PHI; b) confirm the right of individuals to request access to their PHI, to ask for correction(s) to their PHI and to have any changes recorded; c) provide for independent review of the application of the act and for resolution of com
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