Intrusion Upon Seclusion Can Coexist with the Personal Health Information Protection Act: Court of Appeal Decision in Hopkins v. Kay 03 mars 2015 Jeffrey Bagg The following reviews the decision in Hopkins v Kay in which an unanimous Court of Appeal ruled that PHIPA does not prevent plaintiffs from pursuing an action under intrusion upon seclusion where a privacy breach involves personal health information.
PHIPA Does Not Protect Health Information Custodians From Lawsuits 03 mars 2015 Daniel Strigberger The following reviews the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Hopkins v. Kay which establishes hospitals can be sued (in a proposed class action) for a privacy breach.
Talk To An Expert: The Preparation And Use Of Expert Reports In Litigation 03 mars 2015 Marco P. Falco The following reviews some of the rules governing the preparation and use of expert reports in litigation as established in Moore v. Getahun, 2015 ONCA 55.
The Push for Transparency: Additional Information about Health Professionals to Become Public in 2015 06 février 2015 Erin Dobbelsteyn In response to requests from the public and the government, Ontario's health regulatory Colleges are taking steps to make more information about health care professionals publicly available. This article reviews the Colleges' ongoing transparency initiatives and provides a summary of the types of information that the Colleges will be disclosing about their members in the near future.
Quebec Introduces Legislation To Reform Health Services, Affecting Access To Fertility Treatments And Imposing A Minimum Caseload Per Doctor 26 janvier 2015 Adrienne Blanchard and Véronique Barry The following is a brief commentary on Quebec's Bill 20, An Act to Enact the Act to Promote Access to Family Medicine and Specialized Medicine Services and to Amend Various Legislative Provisions Relating to Assisted Procreation.
Expanded Duty To Notify The College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Ontario 20 janvier 2015 Kirsten Crain and Kate Crawford The following reviews hospitals' expanded duty to report concerns about physicians' competence, negligence or conduct to the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario under the Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014.
Recent Case Regarding Parent Refusing Chemotherapy For First Nations Child In Favour Of Traditional Medicines: What Are The Implications For Health Care Providers? 20 janvier 2015 Daphne Jarvis The following reviews and discusses the implications for health care providers stemming from the recent decision, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation v. D.H., 2014 ONCJ 603, Ontario Court of Justice (G.B. Edward J.), 14 November 2014.
The Times, They Are A-Changin’: New Conflict of Interest Provisions Governing Optometrists 20 janvier 2015 Lindsay Kantor The following reviews and comments on the new conflict of interest provisions governing optometrists.
Ontario Proposes Changes to Generic Drug Benefit Pricing 01 décembre 2014 Eileen McMahon, Conor McCourt, Teresa A. Reguly and Albert Chan - Torys LLP The following is an overview of some of the proposed amendments to the regulations made under the Ontario Drug Benefit Act, which would impose new caps on the prices of generic drugs.
Changes To Food And Drugs Act Address Patient Safety - Passage Of Vanessa’s Law 25 novembre 2014 Kathryn Frelick and Lauren Parrish The following article reviews the impact of a recent amendment to the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) on the health industry, including drug and medical device manufacturers and health care institutions.