LAWS 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Uptodate, Victim Surcharge, 18 Months
Document Summary
Privacy and informat ion security the changing landscape. It"s the law: as a healthcare organization we are required by law the ontario personal. Health information protection act, 2004 (phipa) to protect the privacy of toh patients the confidentiality and security of their personal health information (phi) It"s part of health care providers professional obligations. New health informati on protection act, 2016: on may 5 2016, the ontario legislature passed the hipa. Hics must explicitly advise patients of their right to make a complain to the ipc: new obligations placed on hics to monitor and audit the activities of their agents who have access to personal health information. Professional obligations: under phipa, s. 1, hics are also required to notify the relevant regulatory college (e. g. college of physicians) where: The employee is terminated, suspended or subject to disciplinary action as a result of the unauthorized collection, use, disclosure, retention of disposal of phi by the employee.
