ClinicalConnect Participation Agreement Now in Effect Participant Access to Provincial Repositories Continues to Grow Welcome to New ClinicalConnect Participating Organizations! UAO Selector Now Enabled in ClinicalConnectClinicalconnect Participation Agreement • July 31st, 2017
Contract Type FiledJuly 31st, 2017ClinicalConnect Participation Agreement Now in Effect Legislative changes made in the last year to the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), as well as the evolving regional and provincial eHealth landscape, necessitated a review of the ClinicalConnect agreement framework, particularly with respect to how physicians gain access to the portal. As a result, on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, the 'old' Data Sharing Agreement signed by healthcare organizations wishing to provision access for their staff to ClinicalConnect was replaced with the new Participation Agreement. While the majority of the access requirements remain the same, one distinct difference is that the new Agreement better enables physicians operating as Sole Healthcare Practitioners to apply and gain access to the portal to support the delivery of more efficient healthcare in their private practices. Leading up to the July 5 effective date, much has been accomplished - all 39 sites that contribute their patie