Ontario Health (CorHealth): Privacy Information

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Ontario Health (CorHealth) 

Ontario Health (CorHealth) serves as a system support to the Ministry of Health (MOH), hospitals, and health care providers dedicated to improving quality, efficiency, access, and equity in the delivery of the continuum of cardiac, vascular, and stroke services in Ontario.

Personal Health Information

Personal health information (PHI) includes any identifying information about an individual’s health or health care history, or information that could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.

Why Ontario Health (CorHealth) Collects Your Personal Health Information

Ontario Health (CorHealth) is a “prescribed person” within the meaning of section 39(1)(c) of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), in respect of the Ontario Health (CorHealth) registry of cardiac and vascular services. As a result of this special status under PHIPA, health information custodians – hospitals and health care providers – are allowed to disclose PHI to Ontario Health (CorHealth) without consent for the purposes of maintaining the Ontario Health (CorHealth) registry of cardiac and vascular services. Ontario Health (CorHealth) also collects PHI from the Ministry of Health’s Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) to ensure that all PHI about an individual is grouped under the correct patient’s record within the Cardiac and Vascular Registry.

Working with key partners, Ontario Health (CorHealth) helps to plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate cardiovascular care and is responsible for the Ontario Health (CorHealth) registry of cardiac and vascular services. The personal health information collected in the Ontario Health (CorHealth) registry of cardiac and vascular services includes wait time information, as well as specific clinical details. The Ontario Health (CorHealth) registry of cardiac and vascular services uses cloud-based technology. Ontario Health (CorHealth) uses information to facilitate access to care and treatment, facilities improvement to care and support participating hospitals with comprehensive information and support including the maintenance of waiting lists and access to timely and accurate information. Ontario Health (CorHealth) also uses information to provide analysis of the health system and to compile information to facilitate the management, evaluation and/or monitoring of the health system.

Ontario Health Protects Your Personal Health Information

All activities at Ontario Health (CorHealth) are guided by our privacy and security policies, which include administrative, technical, and physical safeguards that protect PHI against theft, loss, and unauthorized disclosure, use, copying, modification, or disposal. Below are a few examples of the safeguards:

• A secure electronic database where personal health information is stored
• Privacy training for all staff, contractors, and other agents
• Regular auditing and reviewing of access to PHI
• A Privacy Officer for day-to-day management of privacy and security issues

For more information view our Safeguards for the Protection of Personal Information and Personal Health Information. 

General Privacy Information

General privacy information is available on our Privacy page.

For more information about how Ontario Health (CorHealth) handles and protects your information, and the information of your patients please see our Statement of Information Practices for the Role of the Prescribed Entity or Prescribed Person.

You can contact us by visiting our Privacy: Contact Us page.