DDO Health Law Update
May 24, 2019: A weekly scan of new legislation and regulations important to the Ontario health sector, as well as articles of interest.
Bills
No new bills of interest.
Proposed and Approved Regulations
No new and approved regulations of interest.
DDO Training, Blogs and Articles
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Articles of Interest
Ontario Health Teams and Partnerships
Haliburton Highlands Ontario Health Team proposed
Orillia group makes pitch to form an Ontario Health Team
Eastern Ontario rural health units say merging with Ottawa doesn’t make sense
Health Care and Not-for-Profit Sector
10 ex-Ontario health ministers issue joint letter decrying ‘attack on public health’
Opinion: Ontario health minister’s modernization plan: cut now, figure out the details later
Children’s aid societies facing $28M cut in provincial funding
Opinion: Defence of public health care has begun in a B.C. courtroom
Artificial Intelligence
Ontario government cuts $24 million in funding to two artificial intelligence research institutes
Doug Ford met with chorus of boos at Collision conference amid string of tech funding cuts
Privacy
Toronto plastic surgeon told to remove security cameras from consult rooms
Nova Scotia: More than 2,500 privacy breaches at N.S. Health authority in recent years, report says
New ‘digital charter’ to emphasize Canadians’ control over personal data
Opinion: Five reasons Canada’s Digital Charter will be a bust before it even gets going
Part X of the CYFSA: A Guide to Access and Privacy for Service Providers
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