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Health Information Act amendments come into force September 1 - View the revised HIA Guide
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Frank Work is pleased that amendments to the Health Information Act will be in force on September 1st, and has released a revised Guide to assist health services providers in understanding their obligations under the Act.

Regulated members of health professions are now designated as custodians through Regulation. The current designations include physicians, pharmacists, optometrists, opticians, chiropractors, midwives, podiatrists, dentists, denturists, dental hygienists, and nurses. However, application of the Act has been deferred until March 1, 2011 for dentists and dental hygienists and until September 1, 2011 for nurses.

To view the guide go to the OIPC website; to the Resources tab; to the drop down menu; then select HIA and find the guide by scrolling the list of resources. read more ...

Technical Reports from the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Dental Working Group
This report provides national estimates of the oral health status of Canadians, placed in the context of Canada’s oral health care delivery system and compared to previous Canadian estimates and two similar international surveys. The findings are derived from the Oral Health Module of the omnibus Canadian Health Measures Survey conducted from 2007 to 2009. read more ...

Summary from the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Dental Working Group
The information drawn from the Canadian Health Measures Survey describes the extent and severity of dental diseases among Canadians. read more ...