Online Clinic Privacy Training

The Physician Office System Program (POSP) offers a suite of online resources to help you keep your privacy knowledge up to date. The requirements that form the essential privacy information for the physician office are from:

  • The Health Information Act (HIA) and regulations
  • The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
  • The Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics

POSP General Privacy Training helps clinic staff identify the principles of the HIA and apply the act in practical scenarios in a clinic setting with electronic medical records. This program takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete. Completion is required for a POSP privacy resource to be assigned to the clinic to assist with a privacy impact assessment.

POSP Privacy Officer Training helps individuals appointed as clinic privacy officers to understand the HIA and apply it in practical ways to everyday clinic activities. This includes managing privacy understanding, encouraging staff compliance and embedding privacy awareness in the clinic culture. This program takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Note: The General Privacy Training must be completed by the clinic privacy officer who is responsible for compliance, before POSP will provide privacy support to your clinic.

POSP Physician Training* helps physicians keep their privacy and security knowledge up to date, in accordance with the HIA. This includes policies and procedures that must be in place to safeguard health information in a clinic setting. This program takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

* This program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited by the National Office for up to 1 Mainpro-M1 credit.

Privacy Handbook Download Privacy Officer Handbook

Privacy Services Summary Download Privacy Services Summary

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