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Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Jean Eaton in Clinic Manager / Privacy Officer, Established Practice, New Practice, Services, Vendor

Does your medical practice collect personal health information?

If so, you may need to conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA).

The Health Information Act requires health providers to complete a Privacy Impact Assessment when you:

  • open a new clinic
  • establish a new health services program
  • change how you collect and use personal information
  • implement Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or transition to a new EMR provider
  • share information with a Primary Care Network or other health program
  • access health information from Netcare or other data repositories

Information Managers' Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) consultation helps you document your practices, meet practice management best practices, and ensure compliance with regulatory legislation.

The PIA consultation includes reviewing your current practices, documenting current or new privacy and security policies and procedures, information flow, legal authority analysis, risk assessment, and Privacy Impact Analysis.  Contact us and we’ll take a look at your current office practices and let you know how we can help make your workload easier, your information secure, and meet regulatory compliance.

The ABCs of Privacy Impact Assessments

What do you know about Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)? If you have implemented an electronic medical record (EMR ) funded through a provincial program, you have probably had to go through a PIA. It was probably time consuming to some degree, but perhaps not as bad as you thought. Jean Eaton is a consultant and expert on Privacy Impact assessments in the medical office. She explains in this blog post, The ABCs of Privacy Impact Assessments, what you should expect when required to undertake a PIA.

Listen to the podcast with Dr. Alan Brookstone of Canadian EMR.

Document Management Tip: What is a Privacy Impact Assessment?

YouTube video: What is a Privacy Impact Assessment? Who needs a PIA? How can I tell if I have a PIA? Information about privacy impact assessments in Canada. Additional details for Alberta and Health Information Act, HIA, OIPC.

Having problems viewing the video here? Watch it on our YouTube channel: What is a PIA?

Computer Network Vendors and Privacy Impact Assessment

Video especially for vendors that supports healthcare practices

 

E-course: Protect Your Practice, Your Assets, and Your Patients with Privacy Impact Assessments

 

A PIA should be as common place to a healthcare practice as a business plan is to a business. BUT most healthcare practices don’t know this and often don’t know that a PIA is  usually part of their professional college requirements and often even a legislated requirement! Prevent malicious errors, omissions or attacks that could result in fines and even jail time for the business, healthcare provider, employee, or vendor by completing a PIA.

If your Privacy Impact Assessment was written more than 2 years ago this e-course is for you

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The Clinic Manager and Physician Lead and Privacy Officer  must ensure its content is updated to reflect the current state of administrative, physical and technical controls.

BONUS! Checklist to update your PIA to meet recent changes to Alberta’s Netcare Portal. If your practice has completed a PIA and now you need to update the PIA, you receive a checklist of items that you need to consider to refresh your PIA.

 

If you a vendor that supports healthcare practices this e-course is for you

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BONUS! One hour tele-consult with Jean, “Create a branded Privacy Impact Assessment Readiness Package”. Jean will work individually with you to review your documentation and coach you on how to prepare the package to give to healthcare practices.

BONUS! Vendor PIA live webinar includes Vendor non-disclosure agreement, Information Manager Agreement, GAP Analysis, Computer Network Narrative templates.

 

Jean has helped hundreds of physicians, chiropractors, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers complete their Privacy Impact Assessment. She has visited hundreds of practices across Canada. But time and geography limit my ability to visit each healthcare practice that needs a PIA. That’s why I developed this on-line interactive course to help you learn everything you need in order to review, amend, or create your own PIA. Each module includes a weekly live webinar, as well as templates, tools, resources and two common case studies to build on each week. You can use these scenarios to guide you through the PIA process.

You know your practice better than anybody else. If you had the right tools, at the time most convenient for you and a mentor to help you, you can develop good office practices, meet legislated and college requirements, and successfully complete your Privacy Impact Assessment requirements.

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Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice? – Members Only

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Jean Eaton in Members Only, PMN Replay

In this FREE 30-minute Practice Management Nugget Webinar for Your Healthcare Practice with Janet M. Kennedy of Get Social Health, you will learn how social media can promote your business and keep your patients engaged without breaking privacy laws!

  • Whenever a patient Googles your practice – even just to get your address and directions, any social media links that mentions your healthcare practice will appear.
  • You must manage your social media profile even if you are not ‘doing’ social media.
  • Your patients and their families, employees and colleagues are using social media.

 

Is social media right for your healthcare practice?

You’re a busy healthcare practitioner or practice manager. You don't have the budget for a marketing team to help you. How can a small healthcare practice engage in social media?

Get up to speed – fast – on the essentials of social media for healthcare.

 

Recorded Live Thursday, June 9, 2016

“Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice?”

with Janet M. Kennedy

 

Download this Learning Resource Guide Now!

 

Janet M Kennedy

More about Janet M. Kennedy

As a career marketing and business woman, Janet Kennedy has a strong appreciation of the power of social media. Her goal is for Get Social Health to encourage healthcare systems and physician practices to enter social media and begin engaging with patients, community, and practitioners.

 

 

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

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Our weekly interviews are a hit with practice managers and healthcare providers!

We’ve made it easier for you to attend.

Simply sign up now to receive weekly notices of the next Practice Management Nugget guest speaker. Replays of each event will be available for only a limited time. You only need to sign up once to receive information for all the FREE Practice Management Nugget interviews.

Or, attend our next Practice Management Nugget event for free here.

Tip: Put this link in your calendar for Thursdays at 12 noon MDT. Then click it a few minutes before we begin and it will take you directly to the webinar.

Register for Practice Management Nuggets Webinar!

 

 

Replay will be available for a limited time . . . unless . . .

If you are a member of Information Managers Network you will have continued access to the replay and resources ‘forever' (as long as the internet is around).

You can return to this page (mark it as a favourite in your menu bar) – or from your Members Account Login – https://informationmanagers.ca/account/

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

Get Social Health, health, healthcare, healthcare podcast, Information Managers, Janet M. Kennedy, Jean L. Eaton, Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice? Physicians, podcast, Practical Privacy Coach, practice management, practice management nuggets, social media, webinar

Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice? – Live

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jean Eaton in Archive

In this FREE 30-minute Practice Management Nugget Webinar for Your Healthcare Practice  with Janet M. Kennedy  of Get Social Health, you will learn how social media can promote your business and keep your patients engaged without breaking privacy laws!

  • Whenever a patient Googles your practice – even just to get your address and directions, any social media links that mentions your healthcare practice will appear.
  • You must manage your social media profile even if you are not ‘doing’ social media.
  • Your patients and their families, employees and colleagues are using social media.

 

Is social media right for your healthcare practice?

You’re a busy healthcare practitioner or practice manager. You don't have the budget for a marketing team to help you. How can a small healthcare practice engage in social media?

Get up to speed – fast – on the essentials of social media for healthcare.

 

Recorded Live Thursday, June 9, 2016

“Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice?”

with Janet M. Kennedy

 

Download this Learning Resource Guide Now!

 

Janet M Kennedy

More about Janet M. Kennedy

As a career marketing and business woman, Janet Kennedy has a strong appreciation of the power of social media. Her goal is for Get Social Health to encourage healthcare systems and physician practices to enter social media and begin engaging with patients, community, and practitioners.

 

 

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Our weekly interviews are a hit with practice managers and healthcare providers!

We’ve made it easier for you to attend.

Simply sign up now to receive weekly notices of the next Practice Management Nugget guest speaker. Replays of each event will be available for only a limited time. You only need to sign up once to receive information for all the FREE Practice Management Nugget interviews.

Or, attend our next Practice Management Nugget event for free here.

Tip:  Put this link in your calendar for Thursdays at 12 noon MDT.  Then click it a few minutes before we begin and it will take you directly to the webinar.

Register for Practice Management Nuggets Webinar!

 

 

Replay will be available for a limited time . . . unless . . .

If you are a member of Information Managers Network you will have continued access to the replay and resources ‘forever' (as long as the internet is around).

You can return to this page (mark it as a favourite in your menu bar) – or from your Members Account Login – https://informationmanagers.ca/account/

 

Are you a member of the Information Managers Network?

You can access all the replays from your membership account.

 I’m a member of Information Managers’ Network

Not a member, yet? Become one today!

I want to know more about being a member of Information Managers’ Network

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

Get Social Health, health, healthcare, healthcare podcast, Information Managers, Janet M. Kennedy, Jean L. Eaton, Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice? Physicians, podcast, Practical Privacy Coach, practice management, practice management nuggets, social media, webinar

Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jean Eaton in Archive

In this FREE 30-minute Practice Management Nugget Webinar for Your Healthcare Practice  with Janet M. Kennedy  of Get Social Health, you will learn how social media can promote your business and keep your patients engaged without breaking privacy laws!

  • Whenever a patient Googles your practice – even just to get your address and directions, any social media links that mentions your healthcare practice will appear.
  • You must manage your social media profile even if you are not ‘doing’ social media.
  • Your patients and their families, employees and colleagues are using social media. Why aren't you?

 

Is social media right for your healthcare practice?

You’re a busy healthcare practitioner or practice manager. You don't have the budget for a marketing team to help you. How can a small healthcare practice engage in social media?

Get up to speed – fast – on the essentials of social media for healthcare.

 

Live Thursday, June 9, 2016

Join us for Practice Management Nugget Webinar

For Your Healthcare Practice

“Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice?”

with Janet M. Kennedy

Register for the Free Webinar Here!

 

 

Janet M Kennedy

More about Janet M. Kennedy

As a career marketing and business woman, Janet Kennedy has a strong appreciation of the power of social media. Her goal is for Get Social Health to encourage healthcare systems and physician practices to enter social media and begin engaging with patients, community, and practitioners.

 

 

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Our weekly interviews are a hit with practice managers and healthcare providers!

We’ve made it easier for you to attend.

Simply sign up now to receive weekly notices of the next Practice Management Nugget guest speaker. Replays of each event will be available for only a limited time. You only need to sign up once to receive information for all the FREE Practice Management Nugget interviews.

Or, attend our next Practice Management Nugget event for free here.

Tip:  Put this link in your calendar for Thursdays at 12 noon MDT.  Then click it a few minutes before we begin and it will take you directly to the webinar.

Register for Practice Management Nuggets Webinar!

 

 

Replay will be available for a limited time . . . unless . . .

If you are a member of Information Managers Network you will have continued access to the replay and resources ‘forever' (as long as the internet is around).

You can return to this page (mark it as a favourite in your menu bar) – or from your Members Account Login – https://informationmanagers.ca/account/

 

Are you a member of the Information Managers Network?

You can access all the replays from your membership account.

 I’m a member of Information Managers’ Network

Not a member, yet? Become one today!

I want to know more about being a member of Information Managers’ Network

hosted by Jean Eaton of Information Managers Ltd.

Your Practice Management Mentor and Practical Privacy Coach

Get Social Health, health, healthcare, healthcare podcast, Information Managers, Janet M. Kennedy, Jean L. Eaton, Not Sure if Social Media is Right for Your Healthcare Practice? Physicians, podcast, Practical Privacy Coach, practice management, practice management nuggets, social media, webinar
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"I attended the Privacy Impact Assessment Walkthrough workshop (for ARMA members). Jean shared resources and on-going networking opportunities. The biggest benefit to me is to know that there is help out there in moving forward with our Privacy Impact Assessment responsibilities."

- Ellen Sauvé, Parkland County

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