Subscribe to Health Canada’s Hospital Mandatory Reporting Newsletter

Privacy notice

The personal information you provide to Health Canada is:

handled in accordance with the Privacy Act
used by the Health Products Surveillance and Epidemiology Bureau under the authority of the Food and Drug Regulations

Why we collect your personal information

The Canada Vigilance Program will use your personal information to implement an email subscription list of hospital stakeholders, to distribute periodic newsletters, notifications concerning mandatory reporting and webinar invitations.

How else we use or share your personal information

The Canada Vigilance Program may share your personal information with other programs within Health Canada that support mandatory reporting by hospitals.

If you don't want to provide your personal information

If you choose not to provide your email address, we won't be able to send you updates.

Your rights

You have the right to:

access and request corrections and notations to your personal information
complain to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if you feel your personal information has been handled improperly

Email: canadavigilance@hc-sc.gc.ca.

For more information:

Info Source describes the collection of your personal information at infosource.gc.ca. Refer to the personal information bank (PIB) HC PSU 914 Public Communications.

About the newsletter

Health Canada’s Hospital Mandatory Reporting Newsletter is published quarterly by the Canada Vigilance Program. The newsletter shares information with hospitals about the requirements for reporting medical device incidents and serious adverse drug reactions to Health Canada.

The newsletter provides topics of interest on :

health product safety vigilance,
statistics on mandatory reporting by hospitals,
tips for improving the quality of reports,
answers to questions frequently asked by hospitals.

Subscribe to the newsletter

As part of your subscription, you will also receive webinar invitations and relevant policy and regulatory updates on mandatory reporting.

To subscribe to the newsletter, please answer the questions below and click on the "Subscribe" button.

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Your hospital e-mail address: (required)

Tell us about you

If you wish to receive hospital-specific reporting statistics, as well as other mandatory reporting-related communications, please answer the questions below.

Mandatory reporting (MR) contact

Are you a MR contact for your hospital (required)

What is a MR contact? An MR contact is a hospital-designated individual in charge of:

receiving MR general awareness material
receiving facility specific reporting statistics
disseminating MR information within your hospital
participating (or delegating participation) in Health Canada webinars on MR by hospitals

Yes

First Name: (required)

Last Name: (required)

The name of the health authority or hospital you represent. (required)

If you represent multiple hospitals, please enter their name, and separate them using a semi-colon (;).

Your hospital's Health Canada ID.

What is a Health Canada ID ? A Health Canada ID is an 8-character ID starting with the letters HC, for example HC12345678.

If you do not know your ID, please contact the Canada Vigilance Program (canadavigilance@hc-sc.gc.ca)

If you represent multiple hospitals, please enter your IDs, and separate them using a semi-colon (;).

In which province or territory is your hospital located? (required)

Which of the following categories best describes you? (required)

Health care professional (physician, nurse, pharmacist, for example)

Hospital administrator (risk and patient safety manager, biomedical engineer, for example)

Hospital management personnel (chief executive officer, director, for example)

Other

If other, please specify:

Change your subscription

To change your subscription email, you must unsubscribe under the previous email address and re-subscribe with the new email address.

Unsubscribe

If you wish to unsubscribe, type in your email address in the box below, then select the "Unsubscribe" button.

Page details

Date modified:: 2023-09-28

Language selection

Search