Clinic and Patient Privacy
Protecting patient privacy is a requirement of all physicians and clinic staff. The AMA has a number of tools and resources to help you build a clinic privacy and security program and ensure that your whole team understands how to protect patient information in compliance with the Health Information Act (HIA)
Privacy Training
Free privacy training is available for community-based physicians and their teams. Enrol your clinic into the new Learn@AMA platform to receive comprehensive training tailored to physician, privacy officer and staff roles. This training has been accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for CME and by The College of Family Physicians of Canada for Mainpro+ up to a maximum of 3.5 hours.
Privacy News and Updates
Find the newest clinic tools, updates and news related to privacy, security and data sharing. Page updated often.
Tools and Resources
Many tools and resources are available to help physicians and their teams build a Privacy and Security Program for their clinics and remain privacy compliant.
Privacy Legislation
Understanding patient privacy is a necessity for physicians and their teams. Learn more about the Health Information Act (HIA) and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
Privacy Compliance and Breaches
Stay up to date on privacy and security requirements for your clinic including what to do if you think your clinic has had a privacy breach.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Learn more about Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) and what is needed to keep your documents current and accurate.
Agreements and Data Sharing
Read more about the different agreements clinics need when working with external vendors and other providers.
Clinic and Patient Privacy News
What a Clinic Needs to be Privacy Compliant
January 19, 2021
Privacy and security have always been important for physicians and our teams, but they aren’t necessarily top of mind for those of us practicing in a community medicine setting because of competing priorities. After the introduction of mandatory breach reporting by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta in 2018, many of us took the opportunity to learn about the general components of this work, including understanding the requirement for a Privacy Impact Assessment and basic security processes.
What Your Clinic Must Know About Privacy and Contact Tracing
January 11, 2021
The pandemic has created many new obstacles for clinics to overcome, especially with how we are managing the traffic within the office. These obstacles have also brought on new obligations including that of contact tracing.
Five Privacy Tips for Your Virtual Appointments
January 11, 2021
This past year has been unlike anything we in the medical field have ever experienced before. Though many of our practices have had to change in 2020, nothing has been more of an adjustment than the abrupt switch to virtual care. It goes without saying that nothing beats face-to-face patient care, but we have all had to be flexible in how we support our patients.
Contact us
If you need help navigating these privacy tools or are unable to find something specific, please contact PrivacySPaDS@albertadoctors.org
