Patient Privacy & Personal Health Information Protection
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- Personal Health Information and Protection Act (PHIPA), 2004
Tools Developed for AFHTO Members
Webinar: Data-Sharing with your Affiliated Physicians (2018)
Presented by Kate Dewhirst, Kate Dewhirst Health Law
Webinar: Privacy Updates (2018)
Presented by Kate Dewhirst, Kate Dewhirst Health Law
Webinar: Privacy and Enterprise Risk Management in Primary Care (2017)
Presented by Miller Thompson Law Webinar: November 22nd, 2017
Webinar: Protecting Personal Health Information (2017)
Presented by Fida Hindi, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Webinar: June 26th, 2017
IPC resources referred to during the webinar:
- Encrypting Personal Health Information on Mobile Devices [PDF]
- Health-Care Requirement for Strong Encryption [PDF]
Webinars: For Privacy’s Sake (2016)
Presented by Kate Dewhirst, DDO Law Webinar for Executive Directors: January 27, 2016
Webinar for Board Chairs: February 3, 2016
Supporting tools:
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- Answers to the top 5 privacy questions asked by FHTs and FHT staff
- Template FHT FHO PHIPA Agency Agreement [editable Word document to download]
- Family Health Team Privacy Impact Assessment Template [editable Word document to download]
- 13 Privacy Tips for Family Health Teams [PDF]
- PHIPA Terms & Conditions for Vendor Contracts Template [editable Word document to download]
See also the Statutory Compliance Toolkit for FHT and NPLC boards [PDF].
Privacy tools for QIDSS partnerships (2014)
- QIDSS Partnership Privacy Toolkit (March 2014)
- QIDSS Partnership Privacy Webinar (March 2014 – Kate Dewhirst, DDO Law)
- Patient Privacy Brochure from the Information Privacy Commissioner [PDF]
- See also: Privacy tools for AFHTO members, developed in partnership with DDO Law
New Privacy Tools
- Answers to the top 5 privacy questions asked by FHTs and FHT staff
- Template FHT FHO PHIPA Agency Agreement [editable Word document to download]
- Family Health Team Privacy Impact Assessment Template [editable Word document to download]
- 13 Privacy Tips for Family Health Teams [PDF]
- PHIPA Terms & Conditions for Vendor Contracts Template [editable Word document to download]
Other Privacy Resources
AFHTO has numerous related privacy resources currently available to members on the website, including:
AFHTO has developed privacy tools for FHTS in QIDSS partnerships.
- QIDSS Partnership Privacy Toolkit (March 2014)
- QIDSS Partnership Privacy Webinar (March 2014 – Kate Dewhirst, DDO Law
Privacy resources for teams using automated patient contact systems:
- FHT Privacy Checklist for Cliniconex [downloads a Word document]
- Cliniconex Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) [PDF]
- FHT Privacy Checklist for Ocean [downloads a Word document]
- Ocean Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) FAQ [PDF]
See the Patient Relationships and Privacy page in our Library of Organizational Policies and Procedures for links to sample personal health information protection policies and documents shared by AFHTO member teams. Consider sharing yours.
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