Privacy Officer Training for Healthcare in Alberta
Practical training to help Privacy Officers understand their responsibilities, support their organization,
and strengthen compliance with Alberta’s Health Information Act (HIA).
Build the Knowledge and Confidence to Support Privacy Compliance
Privacy Officers play an important role in protecting patient information and helping healthcare organizations meet their obligations under Alberta’s Health Information Act (HIA).
As a Privacy Officer, you need to understand what the role requires, how privacy requirements apply to everyday operations, and what to do when privacy incidents arise.
Brightsquid’s Alberta Healthcare Privacy Officer Training provides practical guidance for carrying out the role. You’ll learn how to establish and maintain effective privacy practices, identify and manage risks, and respond appropriately when issues arise.
Privacy Officers Agree:
I feel better prepared to perform the duties of Privacy Officer after completing this course.
The content of the course helped me understand the role and responsibilities of Privacy Officer.
Alberta Privacy Officer Training Course Overview
This online course focuses on the practical responsibilities healthcare Privacy Officers encounter in their day-to-day work.
Rather than simply reviewing privacy legislation, the course helps you understand how to put HIA requirements into practice. You’ll learn how the different components of a privacy program work together and how you, as Privacy Officer, can help the organization maintain ongoing compliance.
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Flexible Online Learning
Access the course on-demand through Brightsquid’s online learning management system (LMS) and complete the training at your own pace, from anywhere.
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Practical, Real-World Guidance for Structure
This course provides a practical plan for structuring your Privacy Officer responsibilities throughout the year. You’ll learn which activities should be completed on a regular schedule, helping you move from reacting to privacy issues to proactively maintaining your organization’s compliance program.
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Organize Responsibilities
Understand daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly tasks that will help you stay on track and maintain privacy compliance.
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Certificate of Completion
Participants receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course, providing a record of Privacy Officer training for professional development and organizational compliance documentation.
What Privacy Officers Will Learn
This course was written to give you both the knowledge of what is expected in your role and the practical skills to get the job done within a busy healthcare setting.
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The Privacy Officer’s Role - Understand the responsibilities of the Privacy Officer, the role of the lead custodian, and how you can help your organization meet its obligations under the HIA.
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Building a Privacy Management Program - Learn the essential components of an effective Privacy Management Program and how policies, procedures, training, safeguards, and ongoing oversight work together to protect patient information.
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Identifying and Managing Privacy Risk - Learn how to recognize privacy risks within everyday healthcare operations and take practical steps to reduce the likelihood of privacy breaches.
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Working With Vendors and Third Parties - Learn what to consider when vendors or service providers handle health information and how agreements, assessments, and appropriate safeguards help manage third-party privacy risk.
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Managing Privacy Incidents and Breaches - Understand what to do when a privacy incident occurs, including containment, assessment, documentation, notification, and steps to reduce the likelihood of the incident happening again.
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Staff training and awareness - The importance of activities that reinforce privacy responsibilities across the organization and how to manage them for auditability.
Who Should Take This Privacy Officer Training?
This course is designed for people who are responsible for supporting privacy compliance within Alberta healthcare organizations, including:
- Newly appointed Privacy Officers
- Clinic and practice managers
- Healthcare administrators
- Clinical leaders with privacy responsibilities
- Individuals preparing to take on a Privacy Officer role
No previous privacy expertise is required. The course is designed to help both new Privacy Officers and professionals looking to strengthen their understanding of the role.
Frequently Asked Questions About Alberta Healthcare Privacy Officer Training
A Privacy Officer helps the organization establish and maintain the policies, procedures, safeguards, training, and practices needed to protect health information and support compliance with the HIA.
The role can include responding to privacy questions, identifying risks, supporting PIAs, reviewing vendor relationships, helping manage privacy incidents, and keeping the organization’s privacy program current.
Yes. The course is designed for healthcare professionals and organizations operating under Alberta’s Health Information Act and focuses on applying HIA privacy requirements in practice.
However, the principles you will learn in this course can be applied to the role of Privacy Officer in healthcare organizations outside Alberta as well.
No. The course provides the foundation needed to understand the Privacy Officer role and is appropriate for professionals who are new to privacy responsibilities.
It can also help existing Privacy Officers reinforce their knowledge and identify areas where their organization’s privacy program could be strengthened.
Privacy Officer responsibilities are assigned within the healthcare organization. This course provides training to help someone who has been assigned—or is preparing to take on—privacy responsibilities understand and perform the role effectively.
Build a Stronger
Privacy Program
Build the practical knowledge and confidence you need to support your organization, protect patient information, and maintain compliance with Alberta’s Health Information Act.