Module Three

Professional and Regulatory Accountability

In summary, your professional accountability for informational privacy includes:

Ensuring that informational privacy policies are both robust and practical, and providing feedback when this is not the case.
Clearly explaining to clients how their personal health information is collected, used, retained, and disclosed, and how that information is protected.
Being familiar and complying with legislative and organizational policies and procedures (e.g., ICT password protocols) associated with the protection of personal health information.
Being alert and responding to potential threats to the privacy and security of personal health information including ICT malfunctioning and/or system generated errors.