Privacy Impact Assessments and your EMR
March 21, 2011
A valid privacy impact assessment (PIA) is a legal requirement
under the Alberta Health Information Act (HIA) for Alberta
physicians and as such is a requirement to receive funding from the
Physician Office System Program (POSP). Maintaining a valid PIA is
the responsibility of the custodian.
Please be advised that when your clinic initially implemented
your EMR solution, you may have received assistance with a PIA
through POSP. Any subsequent changes that may have occurred to the
clinic's administrative practices or information systems may
necessitate an update to the clinic's PIA as per the HIA.
Contact POSP
Privacy if you have any questions regarding your
PIA.
Netcare
Not only is an accepted PIA a legal requirement but it is one of
the prerequisites for a clinic to connect to Alberta Netcare via
system to system (S2S). A provincial Organizational Readiness
Assessment (pORA) is also required. Alberta Health and Wellness
(AHW) Netcare Transition Coordinators conduct pORAs.
A clinic that has an accepted PIA, regardless of when it was
submitted, meets the PIA requirements for Netcare connectivity. The
clinic's PIA does not have to be updated for Netcare access.
A non-VCUR 2008 clinic that requires a PIA for access to Netcare
should contact an AHW Transition Coordinator at:
Alberta Netcare EHR Enrolment Line
Toll-Free: 1.866.756.2647
Phone: 780.642.4082
Email