Health Information Privacy Statement

Ontario has legislation to protect the privacy of your personal health information. The Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, also known as PHIPA, has been in place since November 1, 2004. As a Registry under PHIPA, CCN is authorized to collect, use and disclose (to those authorized) personal health information about you and other cardiac patients in order to facilitate and improve cardiac care in Ontario.

Collection of Personal Health Information

As a Registry under PHIPA, CCN collects personal health information about cardiac care patients in Ontario from 18 cardiac care hospitals. For example, the personal health information collected may include your name, date of birth, address, health history and information collected during cardiac centre visits.

Uses and Disclosures of Personal Health Information

As a Registry under PHIPA, CCN uses and discloses personal health information for different activities. For example:

• Assisting cardiac care providers to coordinate access to care for cardiac patients
• Managing data for analysis
• Reporting information about Ontario's cardiac care system and provide advice about cardiac care planning to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Important Information About Privacy of Personal Health Information

CCN takes steps to protect your personal health information from theft and loss, as well as unauthorized access, copying, modification, use, disclosure and disposal.
We conduct audits and complete investigations to monitor and manage our privacy compliance.
We have a privacy policy that guides all CCN activities. We take steps to ensure that staff and everyone who performs services for CCN understand and apply our privacy policy.

How to Contact CCN

For more information about our privacy protection practices, please contact
us at: 416.512.7472 and ask to speak to our Privacy Officer.

Please click here for the Privacy Policy.