PRACTICE PARTNER
Keeping current with privacy
and security obligations
O
ntarioMD has developed a
Module to assist Ontario physi-
cians, particularly those who
use electronic medical records
(EMRs) and other digital health tools, to
keep up to date with privacy and security
obligations for personal health information
and other confidential information.
The module was developed with input
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario, the Canadian Medical Protective
Association, the Ontario Medical Associa-
tion and eHealth Ontario. It includes many
practical and valuable educational tools and
resources and is currently being translated
into French.
THE TRAINING COVERS:
your legal and professional obligations
our obligations as a user of Ontario's Electronic
y
Health Record (EHR) system
consent and consent directives
how to safeguard personal health information (PHI)
policies for acceptable use of PHI and EHR systems
ystem and network controls that must be in place
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before you access EHR systems
ow to manage relationships with electronic service
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providers
ow to identify and respond to privacy breaches and
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security incidents
The training is available to registered users
of OntarioMD.ca. You will need a username
and password to access it. If you are not cur-
rently a user, you can easily create a user-
name and password to log in and access the
training module. Physicians and nurses who
are registered users can sponsor any staff who
could benefit from the training.
The OntarioMD Privacy and Security
Training Module has been certified as a Self-
Learning Program by the College of Family
Physicians of Canada for two Mainpro+
credits upon successful completion of the
training. This module can also be claimed for
credit from the Royal College Maintenance
of Certification (MOC) Program as a Section
2: Personal Learning Project for two credits/
hour.
On average, the training should take about
45 minutes from start to finish. If you are
unable to complete the training in one ses-
sion, you can log in to resume the training at
the point from where you left off.
“Privacy and security goes hand in hand
with any digital health solution,” said Dr.
Thérèse Hodgson, a family physician. “The
comprehensiveness of the OntarioMD Pri-
vacy and Security Training Module allowed
me to ensure that my staff would be well-
educated in privacy and security.”
Security incidents and privacy breaches can
occur at any time. OntarioMD recommends
that you take the training at least once a year
to be reminded of the concepts and best
practices.
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