Personal health information
Also called phi, health information, health records
What is a personal health information?
Under Ontario's PHIPA, identifying information about a person that relates to their physical or mental health, the health care they receive, or who provides it, among other things. Notes, recordings and transcripts of a client visit can all contain it.
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General information about Ontario and Canadian law, not legal advice. All terms