The New Health Information Act: How will it Impact Me?

Targeting Health Professionals now covered under recent amendments

Update: April 29, 2011 - An Edmonton session has been added for June 16. See below for further details.

Cenera is hosting a half-day seminar on the Health Information Act, focusing on the recent amendments that will affect many health professionals in Alberta and how they provide services to clients and patients. 

On July 14, the Alberta government formally proclaimed as in effect the amended Health Information Act of Alberta (HIA), including two new regulations.  Under this significant change, the jurisdiction of HIA is greatly expanded beyond government-delivered or sponsored health services to include now many private-sector health services delivered by designated health professionals.  This includes all personal information collected or generated by the health professional in the course of providing most privately-paid health services to clients or patients.  The following health professions are directly affected by these changes:

• Optometrists
• Physicians
• Opticians
• Chiropractors
• Midwives
• Podiatrists
• Denturists
• Dentists
• Dental Hygienists
• Registered Nurses
• Pharmacists

What is more, it is anticipated that other major health professionals, such as Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Diagnostic Technicians, and Speech Therapists will  also be added to this list within the next year or two.

This seminar will outline the basic elements of the Health Information Act and will focus on areas in the Act that introduce new or different compliance requirements for private sector health practices, such as:

• Mandatory Privacy Impact Assessments
• New access, collection, use, and disclosure criteria
• Enhanced information security requirements and accountabilities
• Use and management of third-party information service providers
• Audit and disclosure logs
• Electronic Health Record system compliance
• Change from consent-based to purpose-based authority
• Extensive and increased sanctions for non-compliance

The seminar will finish off by presenting solutions and strategies for meeting these new compliance challenges.
 The half-day session is highly interactive and will make use of scenarios, examples and participants' input to enhance the learning experience.

How to Register

Calgary: Ranchmens Club 710-13 Avenue SW 
Date: May 04, 2011
Time: 8:30-12:00

Edmonton: Edmonton Petroleum Club 11110-108 Street NW
Date: June 16, 2011
Time: 8:30-12:00

Cost: $250 + GST

Register online now

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the registration process, please contact Jenny Huisman at 403.290.0466 or by email at jenny.huisman@cenera.ca

Space is limited, so please register early!

About the Instructor

Rick Klumpenhouwer has been an information management professional for over 20 years.  As Information and Privacy Coordinator for the Calgary Health Region, Rick was responsible for implementing health information privacy and security across the region to comply with the Health Information Act when it was first introduced in 2001. Since then, Rick has helped hundreds of government agencies and businesses meet the standards of both private sector and public sector privacy legislation in Alberta and Canada.  Under Rick’s direction, Cenera is currently delivering all seminars for the Government of Alberta’s award-winning Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) training program.

Rick Klumpenhouwer, M.A., M.A.S
Partner
Cenera | Human Resource and Business Consultants
Proud Partners of Career Partners International
1100, 1015 - 4 Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J4
direct: 403.294.3799  fax: 403.294.0513
www.cenera.ca