Ensuring protection of patient privacy is of the utmost importance to physicians, including as they make the big move from paper to electronic record keeping.
The protection of privacy is achieved through a comprehensive collection of legislation, contracts, day-to-day processes, education, software functionality, technical security, and other aspects.
To assist BC physicians in understanding BC's privacy legislation, existing privacy protections, and areas being further addressed, the BCMA has prepared a privacy update and overview, available on the BCMA members' website: BCMA's Update on Privacy and eHealth.