Disclosure directives

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Disclosure directives

What is a Disclosure Directive?
A Disclosure Directive hides your personal health information in eChart from being viewed by health-care providers – except for your name, personal health identification number, date of birth and address. You have the option of placing a Disclosure Directive on your eChart record; however, you should know this will prevent health care providers from viewing your clinical information. It is not possible to hide only part of your eChart record (for example, only medications); a disclosure directive will result in all your clinical information being hidden from the view of health care providers. Once you’ve placed a Disclosure Directive on your record, it means health-care providers may be unable to see your clinical information stored in eChart Manitoba when they are asked to provide you with care. You can, however, direct an authorized health-care provider to override the directive.

Can anyone override a Disclosure Directive – for example, in an emergency?
Certain health-care providers who have the highest level of access to eChart Manitoba may temporarily override a Disclosure Directive in special circumstances in order to obtain relevant information to provide safe, quality care. At this time, the only health-care providers who are able to do this (in restricted circumstances) are providers who have the ability to prescribe medication (e.g. physicians).

What you should know about Disclosure Directives:

Anyone who overrides one must indicate the reason for doing so.
EChart Manitoba Services is alerted each time an override occurs.
All override events are recorded and subject to an audit.
Not every health-care provider is authorized to override a disclosure directive.
You can request to see who has viewed your record at any time whether or not you have a disclosure directive.