Safeguarding your Information

Your personal health information is confidential and only authorized health care professionals involved in your care will access it.

Saskatchewan Health takes great care to protect the personal health information under its control. Information is kept in strict confidence, and is used or disclosed as authorized or required by law. Privacy safeguards outlined in The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) apply to the Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP).

Safeguards are in place to ensure only health professionals involved in your care access your personal health information in (PIP):

• All health care providers are made aware of their responsibilities and agree to maintain the confidentiality of information and use it only on a need-to-know basis.
• All access to the PIP data is tracked and recorded and available to you upon request.

In addition, strict security safeguards are also in place. We have policies and/or practices and computer systems that are designed to protect your information from unauthorized use, error, and loss. User access is restricted to authorized health care professionals. High-quality network security is in place and all electronic messages are encrypted.