Privacy Awareness in Health Care Online Training

Protect Patients. Ensure Privacy. Educate Employees.

“About 80% of all privacy breaches are internal to an organization, and in many cases, the breach is an error or unintentional.”

“[Privacy breaches are] more common than I think anyone in the health sector would like to admit,” said Scott Sibbald, spokesperson for the OIPC. “We are, of course, seeing more incidents that are a result of snooping. So that’s authorized users of health record systems looking into health information that they don’t need to for their job,” he said.

“Information of 7,000 Albertans patients exposed after Calgary doctor uses personal email.”

“Canadian pharmacist fined for routinely accessing health records of acquaintances”

Health information is one of the highest proﬁle privacy concerns of the average Canadian. The most common privacy breaches happen when personal information of patients, clients, customers or employees is stolen, lost, improperly accessed or mistakenly disclosed. A privacy breach triggers signiﬁcant moral and liability implications for the employer and employees and has a high probability of becoming the lead story on the evening news! Educating your workforce on the proper collection, use and disclosure of personal health information is a crucial regulatory requirement. Protect your organization and patients by ensuring all staff understand how to correctly handle personal health information. Corridor’s Privacy Awareness in Health Care training program allows administrators to verify employee training is up to date and compliant with your professional college standards of practice. Corridor has partnered with recognized privacy expert Jean L. Eaton, Information Managers to create user-friendly online training programs that will ensure your workforce is fully trained on their obligations as outlined in the HIA.

Once you have taken our Privacy Awareness in Health Care online training, you will be able to take advantage of our Refresher: Privacy Awareness in Health Care online training. HIA legislation requires mandatory regular privacy training for anyone that is considered an “affiliate” of patient health care records. Corridor’s Refresher training focuses on essential elements of health care compliance. Investing as little as 30 minutes yearly in training can protect your healthcare practice from unwanted attention, fines and investigations. Stay on top of best practices with Corridor’s Refresher training.