(Note: A processing fee will be charged in accordance with Health Information Management policy.) Things to Remember When Completing the Request Form Be Specific In these cases, their own consent for disclosure forms may suffice to process your request. Your consent is not required when the law entails information to be disclosed, such as to WCB for a claim or SGI under The Traffic Safety Act. The SHA follows the need-to-know principle when releasing information to a third party and, with your consent, only releases information specific to the injury or instance being reviewed. You may call the applicable site for their fax number. Refer to the Site Contact Information (Acute Care Facilities) above for information. You may request that your health information be disclosed to a family member or friend, or to another third party by providing written consent and by completing the SHA Consent for Disclosure of PHI form above.
Sharing Your Health Record with a Third Party If you are requesting the health information on behalf of another person, complete the Request for Access to Personal Health Information on Behalf of a Patient Form above and mail or drop off the form at the hospital or health care center where you received care. Refer to the Site Contact Information listing (Acute Care Facilities) above for information. Accessing the Health Record on Behalf of Another Person Refer to the Site Contact Information listing (Acute Care Facilities) above for information. Use this form to request information from your own health record, complete the Request for Access to Personal Health Information form above and mail or drop off the form at the hospital or health care center where you received care.
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If the episode(s) of care you are requesting spans more than one facility within the SHA, you need only submit one request to a SHA Health Information Services (HIS) department and are subject to only a single fee a HIS professional will coordinate the release, and you do not have to submit to each facility separately. In either case, you may ask for help understanding what the terms, codes or abbreviations in the record mean. You have the choice of physically viewing your health record or receiving a copy. The physical record of your health care is owned by the SHA, but you have the right to read or request a copy of your health information. Sign up for MySaskHealthRecord via eHealth Saskatchewan to track your personal health information online anywhere, anytime. Out-of-province and out-of-country clients can obtain a printed copy of your results from eHealth Saskatchewan, through eHealth Saskatchewan's eHR Viewer. Your family physician/primary care provider also has electronic access to your COVID-19 results on the eHR Viewer. Requesting COVID-19 reports through a Health Information Services (HIS) department in hospital will delay obtaining your report by two weeks or more.įor quickest online access to your own COVID-19 results (and other lab reports), we urge all clients to sign up for MySaskHealthRecord. Obtaining COVID-19 Resultsįor all COVID-19 swabs taken in a test or assessment site, your results will NOT be available on your acute care hospital chart.
Health records can be paper, electronic or a combination of both. These records contain health information such as reports from care providers, test results or information about medication. We follow health information management standards, guidelines and best practices.Įveryone who receives treatment through the SHA has a health record. We comply with The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA), other related provincial legislation, and SHA policies and procedures. We are committed to service excellence through the information life cycle by ensuring accurate, dependable and secure collection, maintenance and dissemination of patient information in a professional, caring and confidential manner. We value collaboration for the safety, health and wellbeing of the people of Saskatchewan by protecting and providing information on the right person at the right time.
The Health Information Services team is a group of health information management professionals and clerical staff who work in hospitals and other health care facilities in the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).
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