Collaborative Staging Privacy Frequently Asked Questions
This page helps healthcare providers at hospitals (as well as Privacy and IT Security Officers) understand the processes and safeguards Cancer Care Ontario uses when accessing cancer patient health records for the purpose of collecting cancer staging information.
The information also is helpful in answering questions from patients and their families. Cancer Care Ontario makes available to the public and patients a plain language description of the services and safeguards provided to protect the personal health information we retain.