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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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It’s Tax Time! Are you ready?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Jean Eaton in Blog

Practice Pro-Active Privacy!

It will soon be tax time. If your clinic provides services where patients pay for non-insured services, you may provide a consolidated fees report to the patient. However, you may only provide health information to the patient or to the individual that the patient authorizes. Instead of having to explain this over and over again, find a creative, pro-active method to inform your patients. Use a poster or your website or existing closed circuit TV to show common examples of how your office handles routine requests for information.

Download a sample poster and consent form from our website!  Tax Poster

Tax Poster

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