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Guidelines

March 18, 2021

Faxing Personal Information and Personal Health Information

Safeguards and responding to a breach Faxing PI and PHI: Safeguards and Responding to a Breach This guide assists public bodies and health trustees to ensure the necessary safeguards are in place when choosing to send personal information (pi) and personal health information (phi) by fax. It also provides a checklist of things to do... read more

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March 18, 2021

Audit and Monitoring Guidelines for Trustees

Audit and Monitoring Guidelines for Trustees Introduction Auditing practices are necessary to safeguard personal health information (PHI). Section 16 of The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) requires trustees to put administrative, technical and physical safeguards in place to protect PHI against theft, loss and unauthorized access to or to use, disclosure or modification of the... read more

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March 18, 2021

Guidelines for Developing Codes of Ethics for Health Professional Organizations

Guidelines for Developing Codes of Ethics for Health Professional Organizations These guidelines are designed to assist organizations and regulated professions in developing a code of ethics that addresses access and privacy considerations. Schedule 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) contains the ten fair information principles (principles) of the CSA Model... read more

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March 18, 2021

eCommunication Guidelines

This document is intended to provide general advice to trustees on how to protect personal health information when using eCommunication. eCommunication Guidelines read more

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