{"id":1867,"date":"2021-07-01T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-coto.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1867"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:18:00","slug":"disclosing-personal-health-information","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/resources\/disclosing-personal-health-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosing Personal Health Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>When can personal health information be disclosed without consent?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;Maintaining the confidentiality of all clients\u2019 personal health information (PHI) is extremely important. Clients have the right to know that their information will be kept confidential and secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Personal Health Information Protection Act<\/em>, 2004 outlines the specific circumstances when an occupational therapist may disclose PHI without an individual\u2019s consent. One example includes when disclosure is necessary to eliminate or reduce a significant risk of serious bodily harm to a person or group of persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipc.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/phipa-faq.pdf\">Privacy Commissioner of Ontario\u2019s (IPC) resource &#8211; Frequently Asked Questions:&nbsp;<em>Personal Health Information Protection Act<\/em>&nbsp;(2004)<\/a>&nbsp;is a useful reference \u2013 the section on Disclosures outlines the circumstances when disclosure of PHI without consent may be appropriate. This is a good resource for an occupational therapist\u2019s toolbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:&nbsp;When can personal health information be disclosed without consent? Answer:&nbsp;Maintaining the confidentiality of all clients\u2019 personal health information (PHI) is extremely important. Clients have the right to know that their information will be kept confidential and secure. The&nbsp;Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 outlines the specific circumstances when an occupational therapist may disclose PHI without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"Read the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario's Q&A about disclosing personal health information.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Disclosing Personal Health Information | College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"resource-audience":[17],"resource-topic":[31,41],"resource-type":[12],"class_list":["post-1867","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-audience-registrants","resource-topic-consent","resource-topic-privacy","resource-type-q-and-a"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1867\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-audience?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"resource-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-topic?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}