Patient privacy and confidentiality are essential for trust, safe care, professional accountability, and responsible healthcare service delivery. Privacy breaches, poor communication, insecure digital access, or inappropriate information sharing can harm patients, damage confidence, and expose healthcare organizations and professionals to legal and reputational risk.
The Patient Privacy and Confidentiality course covers patient privacy, confidentiality, personal health information, Canadian privacy laws, consent, patient rights, information sharing, breach response, digital healthcare, cybersecurity, telehealth, cloud technology, AI, big data, and privacy-first culture.
Learners will strengthen their ability to protect patient information, recognize privacy risks, and support responsible healthcare practices. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course.