This document discusses educating healthcare professionals on protecting patient privacy and avoiding breaches of personal health information. It outlines several legislations related to privacy including PIPEDA, PHIPA, FIPPA, and QCIPA. Professionals are instructed to obtain consent, keep information confidential, only access authorized data, sign out of accounts, avoid sharing information, and not post about patients on social media. The document emphasizes educating professionals on privacy laws and legislation due to many reported privacy breaches. It describes the London InterCommunity Health Centre's vision of building opportunities for inclusive healthy communities by providing social justice and authenticating patient information while following privacy acts.

1. London InterCommunity Health Centre:
Fostering Secure and Confidential Delivery.
Background
Purpose
Educate professionals to protect and avoid privacy
breaches within the patient’s health information record.
Legislations
Professionalism, Communication &
Ethical Decision Making
(MacLean, 2018, WK 3, 4)
References
• Freedom of
Information
and Protection
of Privacy Act
• Quality of
Care
Information
Protection Act.
• Personal
Health
Information
Protection Act
• Personal
Information
Protection and
Electronic
Documents
Act
PIPEDA PHIPA
FIPPAQCIPA
Future State
• Make sure each patient
signs a consent form.
• Keep health information
confidential and private.
• Only access information
you are authorized to use.
• Sign out of your account
or lock it once you are
finished with a patient.
• Do not share the
information with
colleagues or any staff
who is not directly
involved with the patient.
• Do not store sensitive
information in portable
devices without strong
encryption.
• Don’t post on social media
anything related to a
patient.
Rodriguez, Y., Mushi, M., Shah, R., Kaur, M., Amir, H., Kaur, G
Health Information Manager Role
Guided by Professor Silvie MacLean, Health Systems Management, School of Information Technology
There are innumerable
reported cases related to
privacy breaches in the
health care environment,
therefore, health care
providers must be educated
by laws and legislation
regarding personal health
information
(MacLean, 2018)
.
• London InterCommunity Health Centre. (n.d). Personal Health Information and
your Privacy. [Brochure]. London, ON
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• LondonIntercommunity Health Centre. (2018). Retrieved from:
https:www.lihc.on.ca
• Maclean, S. (2018). Wk 4. Retrieved from https://www.fanshaweonline.ca
• Thompson, V. (2016) Administrative and Clinical Procedures for the Canadian
Health Professionals. Pearson.
(Thompson, 2016; Maclean, 2018, W4) (Thompson, 2016)
✔ Privacy Office
✔ Use of Consents
✔ Provide social justice to all
patients.
✔ Authenticate
patient and
provider’s
information.
✔ Follow the
privacy
legislations.
Current State
Technical
knowledge and
skills
Organizational
Skills
Accountability
Self-manageme
nt and coping
skills
Empathetic
oriented
behavior
Professional
physical
appearance
“An agency that deals with
marginalized populations,
including poverty,
homelessness, language or
culture, complex medical
conditions including mental
health and addictions.
Vision: Build opportunities
for healthy and inclusive
communities.”
(LIHC, 2018)