Health Card Number

[kindredspirit]

Perhaps it varies by province. Here in NS it is used to link to your health record in ER (it is possible to search by name, birthday and address, but much more time consuming, creates a delay in the nurse getting a chart for the patient). More to the point as a care provider-it's in our provincial regulations that we must keep records on all children, followed by a list of things-including dentist name and phone number of all ridiculous things! So I do collect health card number and expiry, as it's checked at my inspections and useful in an emergency.