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Alberta’s Health Information Act (HIA) Amendment

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Jean Eaton in Blog

The Health Information Act (HIA) was amended  was approved by Orders in Council on September 3, 2013.

The amendment includes:

Naming  a non‑regional health authority Family Care Clinic approved by the Minister as a custodian. (HIA s2(1)(g)).

Disclosure of registration information – For the purposes of section 36(c) of the Act, a custodian may disclose individually identifying registration information about an individual without the consent of the individual

(a)    to an ambulance attendant or ambulance operator under the Emergency Health Services Act,

(b)    to the Minister of Health or Minister of Human Services for the purpose of administering the Aids to Daily Living Program, or

(c)    to the Minister responsible for the Seniors Benefit Act and the Seniors’ Property Tax Deferral Act for the purpose of administering those Acts.

Remember to update your policies and procedures!  See our Document Management Tip for a sample policy update that you can use to insert into your Health Information Management and Security Manual.

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Family Care Clinics in Alberta

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Jean Eaton in Blog

On April 2, family care clinics will open in Edmonton at the East Edmonton Health Centre and in Calgary at the East Calgary Health Centre. On April 16, the third clinic will open at the Associate Medical Clinic building in Slave Lake.

What is a family care clinic?

A family care clinic provides individual and family-focused primary health care programs and services that emphasize wellness as well as chronic disease prevention and management – all under one roof. Clinics will be staffed by teams of health care providers such as:

  • nurse practitioners (NPs);
  • registered nurses (RNs);
  • licensed practical nurses (LPNs);
  • counselors;
  • dietitians;
  • physical therapists (PTs);
  • pharmacists; and
  • family physicians.

See the Government of Alberta News Release.

On Monday, April 2, PC Leader Alison Redford announced in Strathmore that a re-elected Progressive Conservative government would create 140 family care clinics across Alberta over three years. (See Edmonton Journal article April 2, 2012)

In the Edmonton Journal article, the Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Linda Slocombe commented on her concerns about how these family care clinics will be funded, and how they will integrate with already established primary care networks — which operate on a similar but not identical model.

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