Whoa, Kelly - they're going to get a third party doctor to get personal medical information from your doctor about you? Wow, there must be a huge difference between Canada and the US in that regards!
I know in California, they passed a bill in 1996 called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Part of this act includes setting very strict privacy regulations to ensure that no one gets a hold of your information. Some doctors offices have even removed patient sign-in sheets to protect their privacy! In HR, we had to enforce a lot of new procedures too when signing employees up for benefits.
Anyways.. going off on a tangent.. (Can you tell HIPAA has been a headache for me?)
I was blown away when you said in your post that a third party company is going to consult with your doctor. That's not right - they shouldn't be able to do that. I think I might feel a tad violated if someone other than my doctor and his staff were to read my medical records and report them to my employer.
I would look into Canadian employee rights laws to make sure your employer is in the right! Again, I don't know much about Canada politics, but hopefully things will get better!
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Wow, there must be a huge difference between Canada and the US in that regards!
(Can you tell HIPAA has been a headache for me?)
That's not right - they shouldn't be able to do that. I think I might feel a tad violated if someone other than my doctor and his staff were to read my medical records and report them to my employer.
