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​Privacy and your Assessment - Know your Rights:

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Timiskaming Home Support is governed by provincial privacy legislation, including the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1990 (FIPPA), as well as related regulations and amendments.
 

By providing your consent, you authorize us to collect and use your health information and to share it with healthcare providers outside our organization who are involved in your care. This may include your family doctor, specialists, pharmacists, hospital staff, nurses, community support services, ambulance services, vendors supplying equipment and supplies, and other regulated health professionals who may be involved in your care now or in the future.

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To facilitate and coordinate your services, we share your health information with other care providers using regional and provincial systems. Specifically, information about the services you receive from us and your assessment details are accessible to others involved in your care through:  Ontario's Health Integrated Assessment Record/Connecting Ontario Clinical Viewer.

Additionally, regional and provincial systems are utilized for making referrals, such as:

Health Partner Gateway/CareDove

Timiskaming Home Support will collect, retain and use the personal information provided by you in the assessment form and its accompanying attachments for the following purposes:

▪ To coordinate and/or deliver the in-home support services you need
▪ To calculate fees
▪ To meet legal and regulatory requirements required by our funders
▪ To notify emergency contact in case of an emergency
▪ To support our internal educational activities
▪ To serve to communicate with other service providers.​

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When it comes to assessment information, you can choose to: Request to see your own assessment at any time, make changes to your assessment, tell us if you do not want us to share your assessment.
To learn how your assessment information is being used and shared, you have the right to contact our privacy officer, listed below.

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HR Manager/Privacy Officer

Phone: 877-318-9678Fax: 705-667-1088