Yale Health members can fully access MyChart from the following countries: United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Canada. Mychart is not functional from many international locations; see below for a full list of these locations.
In McInerney v. Macdonald, 1992 2 S.C.R. 138 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided that the doctor is the owner of the “physical” files or records, while the patient's information belongs to the patient.
Although a patient owns the PHI contained within the personal health records, it is the custodian who owns the actual records and is ultimately responsible for implementing measures to safeguard the information. With few exceptions, a patient has a right of access to their own PHI.
If you're a Canadian resident looking for health records from providers within Canada, you're in luck! Try downloading Dot Health. We strongly feel this is the most convenient way to access all of your health records, no matter where they're from.
Adult patients: 10 years from the date of the last entry in the record. Patients who are children: 10 years after the day on which the patient reached or would have reached 18 years of age.