Privacy

CorHealth Ontario is committed to ensuring that any personal health or confidential information entrusted to our organization is secure and protected. This means ensuring appropriate collection, disclosure, use, and disposal of any information we collect.

All activities at CorHealth Ontario are guided by our Privacy and Security Policy, which ensures a number of safeguards to protect patient privacy:

  • A secure electronic database where personal health information is stored
  • Privacy training for all staff and other agents
  • Regular auditing and reviewing of the privacy and security program
  • A Privacy Officer for day-to-day management of privacy and security issues
  • CorHealth Ontario collects, uses, disposes and discloses personal health information in compliance with Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act

CorHealth Ontario maintains a Registry of adult patients who undergo certain advanced cardiac and vascular procedures for the purposes of maintaining the waitlist and providing advice to the government for strategic planning.

CorHealth Ontario Privacy Officer

If you have any inquiries regarding CorHealth Ontario’s data holdings or privacy and security policies, or have a privacy concern, please contact CorHealth Ontario’s Privacy Officer:

Chief Privacy Officer

525 University Avenue, 5th Floor

Toronto, ON M5G 2L3

Phone: 416-514-7472

Email: oh-corh_service@ontariohealth.ca

*Inquiries submitted to Ontario Health by email may not be secure. Please do not include personal health information including health card numbers in your correspondence.

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

For more information, or if you have any concerns or complaints about CorHealth Ontario’s information practices, please contact the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario:

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

2 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400

Toronto, ON M4W 1A8

Toronto Area: 416-326-3333

Long distance: 1-800-387-0073

TDD/TTY: 416-325-7539

Fax: 416-325-9195

Email: info@ipc.on.ca