Health Minister Michael Murphy has released the report of the New Brunswick Task Force on Personal Health Information, entitled Balancing Privacy Rights and Access Requirements.
The task force, co-chaired by former senior civil servants Kevin Malone and Jean-Guy Finn, was created in May to consult with New Brunswickers and advise the minister on new legislation to regulate the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information.
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“The recommendations in the report strike a good balance between the protection of personal health information (PHI) and the need to use this information appropriately in order to improve patient care and, secondarily, better manage our health care system,” said Murphy. “Among its key recommendations are the need for a single set of rules to apply to the use and protection of personal health information as well as the creation of a new information and privacy commissioner to enforce this and other privacy and information laws.”
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