Tom Osborne, Minister of Health and Community Services, announced today that the second statutory review of the Personal Health Information Act is complete. The Department of Health and Community Services engaged INQ Consulting to assist with a statutory review of the Act to assess whether there should be changes to modernize the Act. A statutory review committee was established with representatives from INQ Consulting and officials from the Department of Health and Community Services.
The report outlines recommendations in the following areas:
- Privacy protections
- Access to health data and interoperability
- Data and innovation
- Monitoring and oversight
- Consent
- Literacy and Social license
The committeeā€™s report is available at www.phiareviewnl.ca. The recommendations outlined in the report are currently being reviewed by the department.
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