Data Asset Details
ePAth
- PHIPA Role
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Prescribed Entity (PE)
- Statement of Purpose
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The purpose of this dataset is to securely store anatomical pathology reports remitted by the public and private labs in Ontario. This dataset documents patient, facility, report, and tumour identifiers for patients, as well as tumour information for cancer and other reportable conditions.
- Need for Personal Health Information (PHI)
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PHI is required to support management decision-making, planning, disease surveillance and research, as well as contributing to resolved incidence case data in the Ontario Cancer Registry.
- Why De-identified and/or Aggregate Information will not Serve the Identified Purpose
- PHI-level data is required for data linkage.
- Data Types
- Data Provider
Last Updated: April 07, 2026
