Purposes

The purposes of PHIA are accomplished by:

establishing rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information to protect the confidentiality of the information as well as to protect individual privacy;
giving the public a right of access to personal health information about themselves;
giving the public a right to require correction or amendment of that information;
establishing measures to ensure accountability by custodians and to safeguard the security and integrity of personal health information;
providing for independent review of decisions and resolution of complaints respecting personal health information;
establishing measures to promote compliance with PHIA by custodians.