Archive (Tag: duty to protect)
Wait! Protect that phi in your waiting room!
I think everyone has had the following experience. You’ve been sitting in you’re physician’s waiting room for 20 minutes. You’ve checked all of social media apps on your smart phone twice and none of the magazines on the table have attracted your attention. So you sit there quietly observing the sights and sounds around you. ... read more
Closing a Practice
Back in 2011, this office issued an Advisory to address concerns we had at the time regarding abandoned patient records. That resource was titled, Advisory for Saskatchewan Trustees for Record Disposition. This office now again is looking to provide some advice to trustees that are winding up his or her practice as additional cases of... read more
Guidelines for the use of Genetic Information
I must give credit where credit is due. The “body as information” is listed as one of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s (OPC) strategic privacy priorities, but as it affects every man, woman and child, is of interest to us all. On this topic, the OPC offers the following: The information generated... read more
Collection/Disclosure; A Two-Step Analysis
When personal information or personal health information (information) is shared by one public body with another, the issue arises as to who has the authority to disclose and who has the authority to collect. Many collections of information happen when you or I visit a public body, apply for a service or benefit and fill... read more