What is CCO’s role in relation to the ColonCancerCheck Program?
In January 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care launched a province-wide population-based colorectal cancer screening program in collaboration with CCO. CCO operates and manages the Program. The goals of the program are to raise awareness about colorectal cancer, increase screening, and decrease mortality due to colorectal cancer. The ColonCancerCheck Program has both a service delivery, and a management and reporting component. For the purposes of service delivery, CCO has been designated as a Section 39 ‘prescribed registry’ under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA). This allows CCO more direct engagement with patients in providing colorectal cancer screening services (e.g. the sending of invitations for cancer screening). We have created new policies and procedures specific to this role. CCO will continue to operate in its program planning and management function with regard to colorectal cancer screening under our “standard” PHIPA Section
