What is the standard of care for a patient’s medical records?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Morrish et al. v. Katona et al., 2021 ONSC 3805 (CanLII):
No information is accorded a higher standard in privacy law than a person’s medical files. The information contained in these files is highly personal and should not be revealed to an excluded or disgruntled relative so that they may conduct a fishing expedition to attempt to bolster a case for which they have no real evidence: Seepa v. Seepa, at para. 28.
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