Various Patient Health Information Acts (PHI) and Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) are in affect throughout North America. It is your responsibility to insure that you meet the regulations applicable to your jurisdiction.
In the USA the major PHI act is known as the HIPAA Act which is linked to several other acts(CMS acts) that supplement the base act.
In Canada the PIPEDA Act is the equivalent Federal act with several provinces having enacted specific PHI / PHIPA acts to supplement the Federal Act.
Filopto is designed to meet and exceed the requirement of these acts when properly implemented. It is your responsibility to review these acts and properly implement their regulations in your procedures and in the use of Filopto to meet their requirements.
