Privacy Resources from OntarioMD

OntarioMD (OMD) has launched a new online Privacy and Security Training Module along with other privacy resources.  In addition to being a critical obligation for Health Information Custodians, privacy and security training is necessary to support access to provincial digital health assets, such as the ConnectingOntario Clinical Viewer, HRM, eNotifications, and OLIS – along with future digital health assets as they become available. The OntarioMD Privacy and Security Training Module covers topics such as safeguarding PHI from breaches and security incidents, and how to comply with obligations under PHIPA. The Module is open to all Ontario clinicians, interprofessional health care providers, Executive Directors (and equivalent), administrative staff, as well as IT specialists, QIDSS, and other staff involved in quality improvement and/or data analysis.  Access the Privacy and Security Training Module here.

NOTE: Each person who accesses the module needs to be a registered user of the OntarioMD portal. IHPs and other staff members can have a physician or office manager create a sponsored account for them. To do this, the physician or office manager simply, signs into their account, goes to ‘My Account’, then the ‘Sponsored Users’ tab and clicks on the ‘Invite User’ button. 

For physicians completing the training, it offers up to two MAINPRO+ CME credits. It has had the input and support of the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), and eHealth Ontario, along with feedback from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Please feel free to share this information with your colleagues and staff.