How Is Your Information Used?

The information we collect from you is used:

  • To provide you with quality health care in our hospital and for your ongoing care in the community.
  • To review the care we provide to help us improve.
  • To survey patients to see how well we are doing.
  • For our patient directory so that we can provide your location in the hospital should your friends or family contact us and ask for you by name.
  • As required or permitted by law and to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements.
  • For fundraising for equipment and facilities to provide you with the most modern health care services.
  • For health research to make us the best we can be and to help develop new treatment and technologies for the future.
  • To educate and keep current health care providers up to date and to train new health care providers for the future.
  • For health system planning.


If your information were to be used for any other purpose, your specific permission would be required first.

LHSCPatients, Families & Visitors

Last Updated August 12, 2010 | © 2007, LHSC, London Ontario Canada