{"id":2864,"date":"2021-01-06T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hgh.ca\/foundation\/?page_id=2864"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:38:16","slug":"consent-and-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hgh.ca\/foundation\/about-us\/privacy-policy\/consent-and-personal-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Consent and Personal Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Consent for the Collection, Use and Disclosure of\u00a0Personal Information for Fundraising Purposes<\/h2>\n<p>The Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (HGH) and its Foundation are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its patients, donors, employees, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The handling of all personal information by the Hospital is governed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/90f31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)<\/a>. The Hospital ensures your personal health information is private, confidential and secure through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/04p03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Rules<\/h3>\n<p>A hospital may collect, use and disclose information about its patients* for fundraising so long as the hospital has its patients\u2019 implied consent and the information collected, used or disclosed for fundraising purposes is limited to the patients\u2019 names and mailing addresses.<\/p>\n<p>A patient\u2019s state of health or health care is never communicated when contacted for fundraising purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Express consent must be obtained when we collect, use or disclose more than the patient\u2019s name and mailing address for fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>*Patient refers to an inpatient or ambulatory care patient.<\/p>\n<h3>Confidentiality at HGH<\/h3>\n<p>We collect, use, disclose and retain personal information about our patients in order to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treat our patients;<\/li>\n<li>Assess the quality of our care;<\/li>\n<li>Administer the hospital;<\/li>\n<li>Collect data for statistical purposes;<\/li>\n<li>Comply with applicable laws and regulations; and<\/li>\n<li>Raise funds through the <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All information gathered about patients remains confidential.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on confidentiality at <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr>, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/hgh.ca\/about-hgh\/quality-and-performance\/personal-health-information-protection-act-phipa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hospital&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information on <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr>\u2019s quality and performance standards, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/hgh.ca\/quality-and-performance\/\">hospital&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Consent<\/h3>\n<p>If you are a patient, unless we are informed otherwise, we may collect, retain, use and disclose your name and mailing address to our Foundation for fundraising purposes, as permitted under the <em>Personal Health Information Protection Act<\/em> (PHIPA).<\/p>\n<p>Please be assured that the HGH Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of patients and its donors, and does not trade, rent or sell any personal information to third parties.<\/p>\n<p>You may withdraw your consent and opt out of receiving fundraising solicitations any time by contacting <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr>\u2019s Patient Relations at 613 632-1111, extension 51702, or by email at <a href=\"mailto:patientrelations@hgh.ca\">patientrelations@hgh.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your refusal or withdrawal of consent will in no way affect the care or treatment that you receive at <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation will only contact you after at least 60 days from the day of your visit to <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr>. This allows you time to opt-out of receiving fundraising solicitations should you wish to do so; however, you can still withdraw your consent any time (even after the 60 days have lapsed).<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation does NOT have direct access to patient information and does NOT have access to or receive any patient medical records; <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> prepares all data selections shared with the HGH Foundation. All data received from HGH contains only the information necessary for the HGH Foundation\u2019s fundraising practices and adheres to <abbr title=\"Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act\"> FIPPA<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"Personal Health Information Protection Act\">PHIPA<\/abbr> legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Only when an individual responds to a mailing does the HGH Foundation enter their contact information into their secure donor database. All patient mailings include an opt-out clause and the HGH Foundation maintains a list of individuals who have opted out.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation will honour donor requests to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limit the frequency of contact;<\/li>\n<li>Not be contacted by telephone or other technology;<\/li>\n<li>Receive printed material concerning the organization; and<\/li>\n<li>Discontinue contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any individual may withdraw or limit his or her consent or frequency of contact by contacting the <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation at 613 632-1111, ext. 21101, or <a href=\"mailto:foundation@hgh.ca\">foundation@hgh.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Hawkesbury and District General Hospital\">HGH<\/abbr> Foundation upholds the principles of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hgh.ca\/foundation\/about-us\/bill-of-rights\/\">Donor Bill of Rights<\/a>. For more information, please consult our <a href=\"https:\/\/hgh.ca\/foundation\/about-us\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy and Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your understanding and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consent for the Collection, Use and Disclosure of\u00a0Personal Information for Fundraising Purposes The Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (HGH) and its Foundation are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its patients, donors, employees, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders. 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