May 2021 – OntarioMD Blog

Vaccines on wheels: organizing a drive-through vaccination clinic in your practice

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Post published:May 20, 2021
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Written by Dr. Nicole Shadbolt When we first heard of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon in late summer 2020, the Rideau Family Health Team (FHT) in Ottawa realized that we would likely be called upon to vaccinate our patients when the time…

Why health care providers are under siege by cybercriminals, and how to protect patient data in a virtual world

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Post published:May 12, 2021
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Written by Ariane Siegel, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, OntarioMD. When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020, the federal government’s Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity issued an alert about the elevated risk to health organizations, as cybercriminals threatened to take advantage of the pandemic’s pressure on the health care…