What's New?
New Webinar Dates Announced for May and June!
Workshops
Privacy Training Series "Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security for Medical Offices"
Upcoming workshop dates to be announced.
Part A - Privacy, Confidentiality & Security Principles: TBD
Part B -Applying the Principles to Your Office Policies & Procedures: TBD
Part C – Release of Information Practices: TBD
Part D - How to Prepare a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): TBD
Upcoming Events!
May 28, 2013: Webinar - Privacy Awareness and HIA for Primary Care Clinics
An essential introduction for new patient care providers and support staff, as well as an excellent refresher for everyone else. This Webinar will demonstrate the importance of privacy, confidentiality, and security. Includes - privacy principles, important 2010 amendments to the Health Information Act, safeguards, privacy breaches. Click here for more information!
May 30, 2013: Webinar - Data Sharing Agreements
This Webinar is essential for Clinic Managers, EMR administrators, and physicians in a group practice. You know that using a common EMR can be great for group practices. But what happens when a physician leaves the practice? How will you make decisions about the EMR, who will authorize new users, and who has access to the patient records? Having a written agreement about how your practice will handle these concerns will make decision making much easier. Click here for more information!
June 4, 2013: Webinar - Privacy Breach: 3 Mistakes in Managing a Privacy Breach
Dealing with a privacy breach in your clinic can be stressful and confusing. What should you do? Who should you contact? In this webinar, learn the 3 common mistakes made when managing a privacy breach. Learn from someone else's mistakes! Click here for more information!
June 11, 2013: Webinar - Privacy Awareness and HIA for Primary Care Clinics
An essential introduction for new patient care providers and support staff, as well as an excellent refresher for everyone else. This Webinar will demonstrate the importance of privacy, confidentiality, and security. Includes - privacy principles, important 2010 amendments to the Health Information Act, safeguards, privacy breaches. Click here for more information!
For more information contact: Jean at 780.237.7605 or email info[at]informationmanagers.ca
Workshops:
Part A - Privacy, Confidentiality & Security Principles
A workshop for everyone in the health care industry to acquaint themselves with the Health Information Act. An essential introduction for new patient care providers and support staff, as well as an excellent refresher for everyone else. Case studies and classroom workshop. Includes changes to the Health Information Act (HIA). Dates To Be Announced
Part B -Applying the Principles to Your Office Policies & Procedures
Assess your current policies and procudures for gaps and learn how to fill in those gaps. Discover how to implement policies and procedures and develop and maintain good records management for paper based, EMR, and hybrid patient records. Everyone in your medical office, including clinic managers, administration leaders, release of information clerks, health provider team leads, EMR access authorizers, system administrators, and privacy officers will find this session invaluable. Dates To Be Announced
Part C – New! Release of Information Practices
Privacy Review practices and Release of Information. We’ll document your current workflow, review Health Information Act requirements and industry best practices. You will customize related policy and procedure documents to discuss at your office and implement. Solutions for paper based, EMR, and hybrid records systems. Critical component to your practice, this workshop is most appropriate to the office manager, privacy officer and individuals involved in release of information (correspondence). Dates To Be Announced
Part D - New! How to Prepare a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Do you need a Privacy Impact Assessment? Or amend a current Privacy Impact Assesment? We'll review Health Information Act requirements and health care industry best practices. You will identify policy and procedure documents that you need to develop to support your Privacy Impacy Assessment submission to the OIPC and draft a Privacy Impact Assessment submission for your health information project(s). Solutions for paper based, EMR, and hybrid records systems. Critical component to your practice, this workshop is most appropriate to the office manager, privacy officer, and custodians.
Pre-requisite: Participation in workshops previously offered in this workshop series (Part A -Privacy, Confidentiality & Security Principles, Part B -Applying the Principles to Your Office Policies & Procedures, or Part C – New! Release of Information Practices) or related experience. Dates To Be Announced
Additional Workshops are available at a time and location convenient for you!
