policies

 
  • Out of respect for your therapist’s schedule and the time other patients could have booked, we require 24-hours notice to cancel your appointment without a charge. If you need to cancel your appointment, please email fixtphysiochiro@gmail.com. Please do so as soon as you know that you will be unable to attend your appointment. Note that appointments may also be cancelled and changed online at up until 24-hours before the scheduled time.

    Please note that in the case of last minute illness or if you do not meet the COVID-19 screening criteria to attend your appointment in person, you will not be charged for a cancelled appointment if you show signs and symptoms of COVID-19.

    All missed (no-show) appointments without cancellation will be charged the full fee of your appointment.

  • Personal Health Information

    Protection ActThe Ontario Government has legislation, the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) that came into effect on November 1, 2004. This act has been established to set out rules for the collection and utilization of information that is collected about patients.

    Collection of Personal Information

    Fixt Physio + Chiro collects personal health information about you on my behalf. We collect this information either from you directly or from the person acting on your behalf (i.e a parent). The information that we collect may include your name, date of birth, address, health history, records of your visits and the care that you received. Occasionally, when they have received your consent, we receive and collect information about you from other sources.

    Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Information

    We use and disclose your personal health information as follows:To treat and care for you.To conduct risk management activities.To conduct quality improvement activities, such as completing surveys.To compile statistics to improve our programs and services.To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.To fulfil other purposes permitted or required by law.

    It’s Your Choice

    With regard to the above uses and disclosures of your personal health records, you have a choice. You may access, correct, or request a copy of your personal health records at any time.

    Our Pledge to Protect Your Personal Health Information

    The following are a list of pledges to you that we have made to protect your personal health information:

    We will take steps to protect your personal health information from theft, loss and unauthorized access, copying, modification, use, disclosure and disposal.We will conduct audits and complete investigations to monitor and manage our privacy compliance.We will take steps to ensure that everyone who performs services for us protects your privacy and only uses your personal health information for the purposes you have consented to.If you have questions about our policy, please let us know.

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