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)

Clinic and Patient Privacy News

Privacy News and Updates

January 17, 2023

Find the newest clinic tools, updates and news related to privacy, security and data sharing. Page updated often.

Five Steps to Minimize Privacy Breaches

February 15, 2022

Learn how to be more privacy compliant within your clinic and the importance of implementing a Clinic Privacy and Security Program.

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Five Steps to Minimize Privacy Breaches

Learn how to be more privacy compliant within your clinic and the importance of implementing a Clinic Privacy and Security Program.

What a Clinic Needs to be Privacy Compliant

Learn how to be more privacy compliant within your clinic and the importance of implementing a Clinic Privacy and Security Program.

Five Privacy Tips for Your Virtual Appointments

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.

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