{"id":2034,"date":"2024-06-09T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-coto.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=resource&p=2034"},"modified":"2025-01-16T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:54:45","slug":"managing-a-privacy-breach","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/resources\/managing-a-privacy-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing a Privacy Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Manuel, an occupational therapist in an outpatient clinic, has been working with a client named Daisy. As a part of his role, Manuel recommended some adaptive equipment and was helping Daisy apply for funding for the equipment. The funding organization required an electronic application form to be submitted by the occupational therapist to justify the client\u2019s need for the item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manuel explained the application process to Daisy and obtained her consent to complete and submit the online form. As the form was lengthy and Manuel wanted to be efficient, he used the copy and paste function in the electronic record system and copied excerpts of the client\u2019s information from the clinical record to paste it into the funding application. He then submitted the form through a secure online portal and kept a copy of the form in the clinical record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several weeks later, Manuel receives a call from the funding organization stating that there was personal health information related to another client on the form. He checks the copy in the clinical record and realizes that he has copied and pasted identifying information of another client into the form. The inadvertent disclosure of an individual\u2019s personal information is a privacy breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manuel is wondering what he should do. He contacts his manager and reviews the College\u2019s guidance document on Privacy Legislation and Occupational Therapy Practice (coto.org)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Practice Questions and Discussion<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Which privacy legislation applies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n