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300 new nurses will be coming to Saskatchewan starting in the summer of 2008, as a result of a recent recruiting trip to the Philippines.

Privacy Statement

Protecting your information

Saskatchewan Health recognizes that you may have questions about what we do with your personal information. With this in mind, the following outlines the Ministry's approach to protecting your personal information and keeping it confidential.

		Our privacy commitment to you

		Questions about the privacy of your personal information

		Safeguarding your personal information

		Using and disclosing your personal information

		What is personal information?

		Why we collect your personal information?

		Your rights to access or amend your personal information

		Freedom of information requests To learn more about the process to access your personal health records.

		Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP) The Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP) provides authorized health care professionals (e.g. pharmacists and physicians) with confidential access to patient medication records.

		The Provincial Health Registry This registry contains electronic information about current and former Saskatchewan residents who/were entitled to receive insured health services from the province.

		Vital Statistics Information For Vital Statistics information (adoption, birth certificate, and death certificate).

		Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) HIPA legislates privacy protection rights of individuals and obligations of trustees in the health system.