Collection of Personal Health Information 

We collect personal health information about you directly from you or from the person acting on your behalf. The personal health information that we collect may include, for example, your name, date of birth, address, health history, records of your visits to a MICs Group of Health Services site and the care that you received during those visits. Occasionally, we collect personal health information about you from other sources if we have obtained your consent to do so or if the law permits. 

Uses and Disclosures of Personal Health Information 

We use/disclose your personal health information to:

• treat and care for you,
• get payment for your treatment and care (from OHIP, WSIB, your private insurer or others),
• plan, administer and manage our internal operations,
• conduct risk management activities,
• conduct quality improvement activities (such as sending patients satisfaction surveys),
• teach, train students
• conduct research in accordance to PHIPA
• compile statistics,
• fundraise to improve our healthcare services and programs,
• comply with legal and regulatory requirements, and
• fulfil other purposes permitted or required by law.

Your Choices 

You may access and correct your personal health records for a fee, or withdraw your consent for some of the above uses and disclosures by contacting us (subject to legal exceptions). 

Important Information

• We take steps to protect your personal health information from theft, loss and unauthorized access, copying, modification, use, disclosure and disposal.
• We conduct audits and complete investigations to monitor and manage our privacy compliance.
• We take steps to ensure that everyone who performs services for us protects your privacy and only uses your personal health information for the purposes you have consented to.

How to Contact Us 

For more information about our privacy protection practices, or to raise a concern you have with our practices, contact us. 

Matheson Bingham Memorial Hospital / Rosedale Center 
Health Records Program Leader 
P.O. Box 70, Matheson, ON P0K 1N0 
Tel. (705) 273-2424 ext. 1123 

Iroquois Falls Anson General Hospital / South Centennial Manor 
Health Records Program Leader 
58 Anson Drive, Iroquois Falls, ON P0K 1E0 
Tel. (705) 258-3911 ext. 3329 

Cochrane Lady Minto Hospital / Villa Minto 
Health Records Program Leader 
P.O. Box 4000, Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 
Tel. (705) 272-7200 ext. 2218 

You have the right to complain to the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario if you think we have violated your rights. The Commissioner can be reached at:

Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario 
2 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400 
Toronto, ON M4W 1A8 
Tel.: (416) 326-3333 or 1-800-387-0073 
Fax: (416) 325-9195 
Website: www.ipc.on.ca