NURS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Canadian Nurses Association, Telehealth, Mmhmm
24 Apr 2017
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The personal health information protection act, 2004 (phipa) governs health care information privacy in ontario. )nformation privacy is defined as the client"s right to control consistent rules for the management of personal health information and outlines the client"s how his/her personal health information is collected, used and disclosed. Phipa permits the sharing of personal health information among all health care team members providing care to the client, regardless of whether they are employed by the same organization. The quality of care information protection act (qocipa) provides broad protection to quality of care information produced by a health care facility or a health care entity, or for a governing or regulatory body. Its purpose is to promote open discussion of adverse events, peer review activities and quality of care information, while protecting this information from being used in litigation or accessed by clients. Anything that can be used to identify client. Anything with symptoms or treatment on it.
