Your Privacy and Personal Health Information
PEI Vision Surgical Centre is committed to your privacy and protecting your personal health information. We will only collect, use and disclose your personal health information as permitted by law, for the purposes of your care or to plan and manager your surgery.
The Prince Edward Island Health Information Act sets out rules for the collection, use, disclosure and protection of personal health information. The PEI Health information act establishes your rights regarding your personal health information.
What is personal health information?
Personal health information is information about you and your health including your name, date of birth, address and health care number. It is about your physical, mental health and your medical history. It also includes information about tests, diagnoses and care you have received.
What are my rights?
You have the right to know what personal health information PEI Vision Surgical Centre collects about you; review or obtain a copy of your personal health information (with limited exceptions); know who has accessed your personal health information; be informed about PEI Vision Surgical Centre privacy policy and information practices; ask that your personal health information not be shared with a specific health care provider or organization; be informed if your personal health information is lost, stolen or inappropriately accessed; and request a review by the PEI Information and Privacy Commissioner if you feel your privacy concern has not been resolved by PEI Vision Surgical Centre
How will my personal health information be collected, used, disclosed and stored?
Collected – your personal health information will be collected directly from you or a person acting on your behalf. PEI Vision Surgical Centre may collect personal health information about you from other sources, where permitted by law, including other health care providers. Your personal health information may be collected in different ways, including paper charts and electronic health information systems.
Used and Disclosed – PEI Vision Surgical Centre surgeons, nurses and staff work together as a team to provide you care. Your personal health information is shared between individuals on your care team who need to know your information in order to assist you. PEI Vision Surgical Centre uses and shares with others for the purposes of providing you with treatment to perform cataract surgery; bill the provincial health plan for services provided to you; helping health care providers outside of PEI Vision Surgical Centre who are involved in your care (for example, Health PEI, community pharmacists or Ophthalmologists Office); planning, managing and improving surgical care; for quality improvement and research purposes as approved by the PEI Research Ethics Board; as required by law.
Personal health information (electronic or paper form) is collected by the PEI Vision Surgical Centre for the purpose of providing you with care and for other purposes permitted by the Health Information Act. Your information is collected, used and disclosed only as permitted by law. For more information, contact the Nurse Manager at the PEI Vision Surgical Centre, 193 Minna Jane Drive, Charlottetown, PE, C1E 04C.
How is my personal health information protected?
PEI Vision Surgical Centre is required by the Health Information Act and other laws to keep your personal health information secure and confidential. PEI Vision Surgical Centre protects your personal health information against loss, theft or unauthorized access through a variety of measures, including secure locks on doors and filing cabinets and requiring passwords to access electronic charts. PEI Vision Surgical Centre keeps you personal health information for as long as required by law and will destroy it in a secure manner when it is no longer required.
How do I request access to my personal health information or medical record?
To request access to or a copy of your persona health information, contact the office administrative assistants at PEI Vision Surgical Centre.
Who do I contact if I have questions about my privacy or personal health information?
Contact the Nurse Manager at the PEI Vision Surgical Centre:
193 Minna Jane Drive
Charlottetown, PE
C1E 04C
How can I contact the office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner?
If you would like to know more about your privacy rights, or if you feel a problem related to your personal health information has not been resolved by contacting PEI Vision Surgical Centre, you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner at 149 Kent Street, Suite 301, P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8, by phone at (902) 368-4099.
Source: Health PEI. (2023). Privacy and your personal health information. Health PEI.