Understanding Mandatory Privacy Breach Notification – Data Privacy Day | Episode #073

Healthcare providers, owners, and privacy officers hear about big privacy breaches on the news and they hope it won’t happen to them. It keeps them up at night...because they know that properly preventing or managing a privacy breach is critical to the continued success of their business! Now, in Alberta, we need to ensure that we are prepared for the new mandatory privacy breach reporting that took effect on August 31, 2018. In this podcast episode, Jean Eaton will share with you What is a privacy breach Why a privacy breach is a significant problem Lessons learned in the first 4 months of mandatory notification 5 categories of notification triggers Offence and penalty provisions of the HIA Podcast Sponsor - Understanding Privacy Breach Notification Privacy breaches and notification compliance is the key to keeping your clinic out of trouble, and with this report we show you how to know when you need to comply… We show you the breach events that require notification How to prevent notification errors Avoid fines up to $50,000 by following the advice in this report Download this free report to protect your healthcare practice. Show Notes Recorded Monday, January 28, 2019 00:30  Is this a privacy breach? 02:30  Introduce Jean Eaton 04:57  Privacy Rights 06:22  What is a Privacy Breach? 07:12  Personal Information 08:24  Why is a Privacy Breach Significant? 10:29  Why Mandatory Notification? 11:46  Risk of Harm 13:02  Errors Happen 13:38  Biggest Mistake 13:53  First 4 Months of Mandatory Privacy Breach Notification 15:44  Categories of Breaches 17:22  Types of Privacy Breaches 21:02  5 Mandatory Notification Categories Triggers 21:42  1. Has Been Accessed or Disclosed 22:56  2. Has Been Mis-used or Will be Mis-used 23:57  3. Identity Theft or Fraud 24:39  4. Embarrassment, Physical, Mental, or Financial Harm 24:59  5. Adversely Affect Health Services 26:08  Other Triggers 27:00  Record Each Privacy Breach 27:59  Who Must You Notify? 28:38  Penalties 32:15  Second Biggest Mistake 32:25  Privacy Breach Management Program 33:31  E-book Understanding Privacy Breach Notification   Do This Now Members of Practice Management Success can access the video of this episode and the resources here. If you are not a member of Practice Management Success, yet—what are you waiting for? Click here and register now! With your membership to Practice Management Success, you will get great tips, tools, templates, and training that you can use right away to help you start, grow, maintain, or fix your healthcare practice. Rate and Review the Podcast I am honoured that you choose to spend your time with me today. Thank you for the opportunity to share my obsession about privacy, confidentiality and security with you! Reviews for the podcast on whatever platform that you use is greatly appreciated! When you provide your honest feedback it helps other people just like you find content that may help them, too.  If you received value from this episode, please take a moment and leave your honest rating and review. Jean, Your Practical Privacy Coach