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Speaker: Kate Dewhirst, Kate Dewhirst Health Law

Privacy Webinar 1: Data sharing with your affiliated physicians

Date: Tuesday, April 10^th, 2018 Time:  12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. What was covered:

• Context of why you need a written agreement with your affiliated physicians (decision 62 from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario)
• 4 versions of a PHIPA Agency agreement for FHTs and NPLCs
  • Physicians are custodians and FHT is agent
  • FHT is custodian and physicians are agents (as independents)
  • FHT is custodian and physicians are agents (as employees – employment terms)
  • FHO is custodian and FHT is agent
• Key Differences, Pros and Cons of each version – and a decision tree for choosing the option best for you
• How to address QI initiatives
• Nuances for NPLCs

You can view the slide deck here. You may also watch the video below. Here are guidelines to help in deciding who will be your Privacy Health Information Custodian. The three versions of the agreement are linked below:

1. Version 1: Individual physicians are health information custodians
2. Version 2: FHTs are health information custodians 
3. Version 3: FHOs are health information custodians

 

Privacy Webinar 2: Privacy Updates

Date: Monday, April 23^rd, 2018 Time:  12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. What was covered:

• Tracking and reporting privacy breaches starting in 2018 and delivering in 2019
• New decisions of the IPC
• Issues with shared electronic systems – portals and regional and sub-regional data sharing or eMR access
• Key issues of concern in privacy
• How to stay on top of privacy developments

You can view the slide deck here. You may also watch the video below. During the webinar, Kate introduced two resources that may be helpful:

• The Ontario Hospital Association’s tool for tracking privacy breaches for annual reporting
• Kate’s summary of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s decisions

 

Webinar 1 recording from April 10:

Webinar 1 recording from April 23: