EPISODE · Nov 26, 2021 · 37 MIN
From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in health institutions | Du chevet au conseil d’administration – Instaurer une culture de la vie privée et de la sécurité dans les établissements de santé
from Info Matters · host Patricia Kosseim, Shafique Shamji, Nyranne Martin
Shafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and chief privacy officer. Fostering a privacy and security culture at The Ottawa Hospital [3:31]Ensuring privacy and security are integrated as part of the hospital’s overall enterprise risk management framework [6:58]Moving beyond random audits to detect unauthorized access to patient information [9:24]Maintaining strong linkages between privacy and information technology teams [12:40]Ensuring strong technical controls are not a barrier to providing care [14:04]Setting the right tone at the senior leadership level [15:20]Lessons learned during the pandemic [16:38]Moving from paper-based to electronic systems [18:30]Rolling out one of the largest information technology projects in the hospital’s history [20:04]Ensuring privacy by design in new hospital systems [23:13]Bringing in a third party to assess risk [24:53]Things that keep a chief information officer up at night [29:18]Ways to advance trust in digital health in Ontario [31:56]Modernizing legislation to respond to advancements in technology [33:55]Resources:Putting patient trust at the centre of virtual health (Info Matters episode withDr. Duncan Rozario)Trust in digital health: IPC strategic priorities 2021-2025 (IPC strategic plan)Digital health under PHIPA: Selected overview (IPC guide)Communicating personal health information by email (IPC fact sheet)Reporting health privacy breaches to the IPC (IPC webinar)As in life, the only constant in health care is change (Commissioner’s blog)Privacy at The Ottawa Hospital (resource for patients)Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Send us a tweet @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this podcast are for general information only. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the IPC does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.
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Hospitals across Ontario have been investing heavily in the development of electronic health records, patient portals, and digital health solutions. As information systems become more complex, so too must the means of securing them. In this episode, Commissioner Kosseim speaks with The Ottawa Hospital’s Chief Information Officer, Shafique Shamji, and Chief Privacy Officer, Nyranne Martin, about how they work together to integrate the hospital’s privacy and information security programs, and minimize risks to patients’ personal health information. We’ll hear lessons learned following a major IT transformation project, some of the silver linings resulting from the pandemic, and how to build a corporate culture that puts patients first.
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From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in health institutions | Du chevet au conseil d’administration – Instaurer une culture de la vie privée et de la sécurité dans les établissements de santé
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