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Health Information Act guidelines and practices manual

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The Health Information Act and the regulations made under it establish the rules that must be followed for the collection, use, disclosure and protection of health information in the health... More ≫

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The Health Information Act and the regulations made under it establish the rules that must be followed for the collection, use, disclosure and protection of health information in the health sector. The manual is designed as a reference tool to help custodians and affiliates apply and administer the Act. It provides supplementary information regarding the Act and its Regulations, and explains roles and responsibilities with respect to the administration of the Act. It is intended to provide guidelines and suggest best practices, not binding rules. The Manual also takes into consideration significant decisions of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. This edition of the Guidelines and Practice Manual incorporates amendments to the Act up to September 1, 2010. NOTE: The Health Information Act was amended December 9, 2020. The majority of the changes that are in force as of December 9, 2020, are updates, corrections, and enhancements to existing provisions.

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Setting the record straight on ASIRT naming policy

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Describes the factors ASIRT considers in determining whether the name of a deceased person may be released.

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Information Sharing Strategy : supporting social-based service delivery

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This document outlines Alberta's vision and mandate to share information appropriately and effectively within the information sharing ecosystem when delivering social-based services. This... More ≫

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This document outlines Alberta's vision and mandate to share information appropriately and effectively within the information sharing ecosystem when delivering social-based services. This ecosystem encompasses many areas within the Government of Alberta, other stakeholders and service delivery organizations, and the environment within which they work.

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Sharing information with the public

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Describes the factors ASIRT considers when determining what information from its investigations it shares with the public.

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Information sharing decision tree

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This decision tree helps government and service providers understand when it is appropriate to disclose an Albertan's personal or health information based on their authority under the Health... More ≫

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This decision tree helps government and service providers understand when it is appropriate to disclose an Albertan's personal or health information based on their authority under the Health Information Act, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Personal Information Protection Act and Children First Act. It complements the Guide to Information Sharing under the Children First Act.

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Joint statement from Canadian civilian oversight agencies on release of names (2015)

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Describes the factors ASIRT and other civilian oversight agencies in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia consider in determining whether the name of a deceased person may be released.

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Decision tree : information sharing under existing legislation

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This decision tree helps government and service providers understand when it may be appropriate to disclose individually-identifying information based on authority provided under the Health... More ≫

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This decision tree helps government and service providers understand when it may be appropriate to disclose individually-identifying information based on authority provided under the Health Information Act, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Personal Information Protection Act.

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Likelihood of identifying individuals in de-identified record-level data

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Record-level health data is often requested from Alberta Health by researchers, contractors, and other Government of Alberta ministries, as it provides an opportunity for much richer analyses than... More ≫

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Record-level health data is often requested from Alberta Health by researchers, contractors, and other Government of Alberta ministries, as it provides an opportunity for much richer analyses than does aggregate data. But there is a concern that record-level data could be used to identify the persons that the data represent and thus provide previously unknown information about those persons. A common solution is to disclose record-level data where potentially identifying characteristics have been altered in an attempt to make them non-identifying. The purpose of this bulletin is to make a preliminary exploration of the likelihood of identifying persons in “de-identified” record-level data using data matching. The results can then be used to inform Alberta Health data disclosure guidelines.

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Alberta's Information Sharing Strategy : supporting human services delivery

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The Information Sharing Strategy (ISS) addresses the mandate and focuses on the information sharing ecosystem for human services. The information sharing ecosystem is the larger domain in which... More ≫

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The Information Sharing Strategy (ISS) addresses the mandate and focuses on the information sharing ecosystem for human services. The information sharing ecosystem is the larger domain in which information sharing occurs. It encompasses many areas within the GoA, other stakeholders and service delivery organizations, and the environment within which they work.

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Personal Information Protection Act : PIPA compared

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This table compares, without analysis, the provisions of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act, British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act, the federal Personal Information... More ≫

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This table compares, without analysis, the provisions of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act, British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act, the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and their Regulations.

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