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About Us

Dr. Shahzad Bhatty
Family Physician/Medical Director

Dr. Ahmed Mohamed
Family Physician

Dr. Shiva Shayani
Family Physician

Dr. Ali Mohamed
Family Physician

Dr. Syed Shah
Family Physician

Dr Asif Sardar
Family Physician

Dr. Usman Chaudhry
Endocrinology

Dr. Abraham Popoola
Psychiatry

Dr. Harleen Ghuman
Psychiatry

Commitment to Privacy

The appropriate collection, use and disclosure of patients’ personal health information is fundamental to our day-to-day operations and to patient care.

Protecting the privacy and the confidentiality of patient personal information is important to the physicians and staff at Phoenix Healthcare Centre.

We strive to provide our patients with excellent medical care and service. Every member of Phoenix Healthcare Centre must abide by our commitment to privacy in the handling of personal information. This policy was last modified on June 26, 2014.

Applicability of This Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy attests to our commitment to privacy and demonstrates the ways we ensure that patient privacy is protected. Our Privacy Policy applies to the personal health information of all our patients that is in our possession and control.

What is Personal Health Information?

Personal health information means identifying information about an individual relating to their physical or mental health (including medical history), the providing of health care to the individual, payments or eligibility for health care, organ and tissue donation and health number.

The 10 Principles of Privacy

Our Privacy Policy reflects our compliance with fair information practices, applicable laws and standards of practice.

  1. Accountability: We take our commitment to securing patient privacy very seriously. Each physician and employee associated with the Practice is responsible for the personal information under his/her control. Our employees are informed about the importance of privacy and receive information periodically to update them about our Privacy Policy and related issues.

  2. Identifying Purposes: Why We Collect InformationWe ask you for information to establish a relationship and serve your medical needs. We obtain most of our information about you directly from you, or from other health practitioners whom you have seen and authorized to disclose to us. You are entitled to know how we use your information and this is described in the Privacy Statement posted at Phoenix Healthcare Centre. We will limit the information we collect to what we need for those purposes, and we will use it only for those purposes. We will obtain your consent if we wish to use your information for any other purpose.

  3. Consent: You have the right to determine how your personal health information is used and disclosed. For most health care purposes, your consent is implied as a result of your consent to treatment, however, in all circumstances express consent must be written.Your written Consent will be forwarded to the Privacy Officer who will document the request in patient’s medical records and notify appropriate Health care providers and their supporting staff.Patients who have withdrawn consent to disclose PHI must sign and date the Consent to Withdrawal Form. It is understood that the consent directive applies only to the PHI which the patient has already provided, and not to PHI which the patient might provide in the future: PHIPA permits certain collections, uses, and disclosures of the PHI, despite the consent directive; healthcare providers may override the consent directive in certain circumstances, such as emergencies; and the consent directive may result in delays in receiving health care, reduced quality of care due to healthcare provider’s lacking complete information about the patient, and healthcare provider’s refusal to offer non-emergency care. Your written Consent to Withdrawal Form will be forwarded to the Privacy Officer who will document the request in patient’s medical records and notify appropriate Health care providers and their supporting staff.

  4. Limiting Collection: We collect information by fair and lawful means and collect only that information which may be necessary for purposes related to the provision of your medical care.

  5. Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention: The information we request from you is used for the purposes defined. We will seek your consent before using the information for purposes beyond the scope of the posted Privacy Statement.Under no circumstances do we sell patient lists or other personal information to third parties. There are some types of disclosure of your personal health information that may occur as part of this Practice fulfilling its routine obligations and/or practice management. This includes consultants and suppliers to the Practice, on the understanding that they abide by our Privacy Policy, and only to the extent necessary to allow them to provide business services or support to this Practice.We will retain your information only for the time it is required for the purposes we describe and once your personal information is no longer required, it will be destroyed. However, due to our on-going exposure to potential claims, some information is kept for a longer period.Patients may be required to sign and date a Consent to Disclose PHI Form and pay a fee based on current OMA rates prior to release of information.

  6. Accuracy: We endeavour to ensure that all decisions involving your personal information are based upon accurate and timely information. While we will do our best to base our decisions on accurate information, we rely on you to disclose all material information and to inform us of any relevant changes.

  7. Safeguards: Protecting Your InformationWe protect all forms of information collected from you or on your behalf (verbal, written and electronic) with appropriate safeguards and security measures. The Practice maintains personal information in a combination of paper and electronic files. Recent paper records concerning individuals’ personal information are stored in files kept onsite at our office. Older records may be stored securely offsite.Access to personal information will be authorized only for the physicians and employees associated with the Practice, and other agents who require access in the performance of their duties, and to those otherwise authorized by law.We provide information to health care providers acting on your behalf, on the understanding that they are also bound by law and ethics to safeguard your privacy. Other organizations and agents must agree to abide by our Privacy Policy and may be asked to sign contracts to that effect. We will give them only the information necessary to perform the services for which they are engaged, and will require that they not store, use or disclose the information for purposes other than to carry out those services.Our computer systems are password-secured and constructed in such a way that only authorized individuals can access secure systems and databases.
    If you send us an e-mail message that includes personal information, such as your name included in the “address”, we will use that information to respond to your inquiry. Please remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, you should not send it electronically unless the e-mail is encrypted or your browser indicates that the access is secure.

  8. Openness: Keeping You InformedThe Practice has prepared this plain-language Privacy Policy to keep you informed.If you have any additional questions or concerns about privacy, we invite you to contact us by phone and we will address your concerns to the best of our ability.

  9. Access and Correction: With limited exceptions, we will give you access to the information we retain about you within a reasonable time, upon presentation of a written request and satisfactory identification.We may charge you a fee for this service and if so, we will give you notice in advance of processing your request.If you find errors of fact in your personal health information, please notify us as soon as possible and we will make the appropriate corrections. We are not required to correct information relating to clinical observations or opinions made in good faith. You have a right to append a short statement of disagreement to your record if we refuse to make a requested change.If we deny your request for access to your personal information, we will advise you in writing of the reason for the refusal and you may then challenge our decision.

  10. Challenging Compliance: We encourage you to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have about your privacy or our Privacy Policy. We will investigate and respond to your concerns about any aspect of our handling of your information.In most cases, an issue is resolved simply by telling us about it and discussing it.You can reach us at:

    Phoenix Healthcare Centre
    450 Frederick Street, Suite 301 Kitchener, ON N2H 2P5
    519-748-6933

    If, after contacting us, you feel that your concerns have not been addressed to your satisfaction, you have the right to complain to the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario.


    The Commissioner can be reached at:2 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400
    Toronto, Ontario M4W 1A8
    1-800-387-0073
    1-416-325-9195 (fax)

Phoenix Healthcare Centre is committed to providing a safe, secure and respectful environment for all patients and staff.

Words or actions that make others feel threatened or demeaned will not be tolerated and decisive action will be taken to protect patients and staff.

Disruptive Behaviour:

Phoenix Healthcare Centre considers the use of inappropriate words, actions or inactions as disruptive behaviour.

Inappropriate Actions/Inactions:

  • Violence (physical attacks or threats of harm)
  • Intimidation
  • Throwing, damaging property or breaking things
  • Unwelcomed physical contact
  • Failure to observe policies and/or contracts
  • Refusing to leave the property

Inappropriate Words (in person, by phone, or any means of communication):

  • Abusive language and yelling
  • Disrespectful or demeaning language/comments
  • Remarks, jokes or innuendos that degrade, ridicule or offend
  • Discriminatory remarks
  • Threats or threatening behaviour
  • Bullying
  • Sexual Harassment

Immediate action will be taken when incidents described above occur.

|Individual(s) may be asked to leave, the police may be called or the individual(s) may face dismissal from our practice.

Kitchener Location:

Hours of Operation:
*Please note that due to COVID-19 and new procedures in our office, our phones hours are subject to change without notice*

Monday to Thursday 9am-4pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4pm

Friday 9am-12pm

Monday – Friday Evenings 5pm-8pm
– phones are answered until 6pm 
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits, please call the office same day to book an appointment

Saturday 9am-12pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm
– for same day urgent care visits, please call the office to book an appointment

Waterloo Location:

Hours of Operation:
*Please note that due to COVID-19 and new procedures in our office, our phones hours are subject to change without notice*

Monday to Thursday 9am-4pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4pm
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits please call the office for an appointment

Friday 9am-12pm
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits please call the office for an appointment

Locations

Kitchener Location:

Address:
450 Frederick Street, Suite 301
Kitchener, ON N2H 2P5
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Tel: 519-748-6933
Fax: 519-748-9733
Dr. Chaudry Office Fax:  519-340-3001


Hours of Operation:

*Please note that due to COVID-19 and new procedures in our office, our phones hours are subject to change without notice*

Monday to Thursday 9am-4pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4pm

Friday 9am-12pm

Monday – Friday Evenings 5pm-8pm
– phones are answered until 6pm

Saturday 9am-12pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits please call the office for an appointment

Waterloo Location:

Address:
99 Northfield Dr E, Unit #306
Waterloo, ON N2K 3P9
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Tel: 519-279-1497
Fax: 519-279-9642


Hours of Operation:

*Please note that due to COVID-19 and new procedures in our office, our phones hours are subject to change without notice*

Monday to Thursday 9am-4pm
– phones are answered 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4pm
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits please call the office for an appointment

Friday 9am-12pm
– for Same Day Urgent Care visits please call the office for an appointment