Table 1 Schema for a health information directive

Patient care (access by caregivers, such as

physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, etc., next of

kin, advocate, legal representatives)

Continuity of care between Health Care

Providers and Administrative levels

Reminders for follow-ups and screening tests,

etc.

Payment (hospital/fee for service)

Administrative management (institutional and

governmental/provincial)

Continuous Quality Improvement, peer review

Research

Epidemiological Study

Disease Registries

Hospital fund raising (mail-outs)

Deriving profit from data as a research product

Marketing