Protecting Patient Privacy: Collection of Personal Information

The BC Renal Agency, in partnership with the regional health authority renal programs, takes all reasonable measures to ensure that personal patient information is treated in a confidential manner, is only available to authorized staff for the purpose for which it is collected, and is stored securely.

As a public body, the agency must comply with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in terms of collection, use, retention, disclosure and security of personal information.

The brochure, Your Personal Health Information and Privacy: Questions and Answers for BC Kidney Patients, provides additional details.

For more information about the collecting or sharing of information by BCPRA, contact our Director of Health Informatics at 604-875-7340 or the privacy officer in your local health authority.