4-Week Business Preparedness Series for Healthcare Professionals

What Happens When You’re Gone …

Are you a healthcare professional who has built a meaningful practice—yet most of what keeps it running lives in your head? What happens to your business, your patient records, and your clients if you ever needed to step away unexpectedly—temporarily or permanently?

Healthcare professionals, especially those in regulated fields, face unique responsibilities when it comes to planning for absence, incapacity, or eventual retirement. For example, under Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), regulated professionals may be considered Health Information Custodians (HICs) and have obligations around the management, security, and transfer of patient records, including contingency plans and successor designations for their practice records.

This 4-Week Business Preparedness Series has been updated to meet the needs of healthcare professionals—whether you are a psychotherapist, psychologist, counsellor, physiotherapist, chiropractor, RMT, audiologist, naturopath, osteopath, or other regulated or private practice clinician.

You’ll receive guided support to organize your practice details, clarify your responsibilities around client and patient information, and create real continuity for your business and clients.

Why This Matters for Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare practices operate with sensitive information and professional obligations. If you ever become unavailable:

  • Patient records must be managed appropriately and securely.

  • Contingency plans and successor designees need to be documented.

  • PHIPA and regulatory requirements must be considered alongside business continuity.

  • Your clients, staff, and family need clarity—not guesswork.

This series helps you address all of that in a structured, thoughtful way.

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What You’ll Walk Away With

By the end of this 4-week program, you will have:

Practice Organization

✔ A centralized, organized record of your practice’s critical information, including operational, administrative, and contact details.

✔ Clear documentation of what matters most in your practice—patient records, professional contacts, financial accounts, insurance, referral networks, access credentials, and more.

Continuity Planning

✔ A documented contingency plan for short-term and long-term absence—including step-by-step procedures for practice management, patient notifications, appointment rescheduling, and regulatory reporting.

✔ A succession checklist aligned with professional obligations and relevant privacy standards (e.g., PHIPA, HIC plans), to support a transition if you are incapacitated or no longer practicing.

✔ Guidance on naming or preparing applicable successors (e.g., colleagues, legal representatives, practice managers) who can assist with records and continuity as appropriate.

Communication + Documentation

✔ A customized, guided planner that consolidates practice information and procedures in a way your team or designated representative can follow.

✔ A practical understanding of what information to share (and how) with trustees, executors, or successors, while respecting confidentiality and privacy laws governing health records.

✔ Greater peace of mind knowing your practice, clients, and family are protected regardless of life’s unpredictability.

Series Details

  • Who This Is For:

    • Healthcare professionals and clinicians, especially those in regulated practices or solo private practice

  • Meet weekly on Thursdays, starting Thursday, March 5th, 2026

  • Virtual meet-ups, sessions are recorded and available for replay

  • 7-8pm ET (plus extra 30 minutes for Q&A)

  • Registration is required. Spaces may be limited to maintain quality discussion and support.

  • 4-Week Preparedness Cost: $247 +HST

    • Access to 4 live sessions

    • Customized guided planner (The Dahlias Planner)

    • Plus, access to session recordings (access for 45 days from program start)

  • 4-Week Preparedness PLUS Cost: $397 +HST

    • Everything above plus:

      • Extended recording access (6 months)

      • Access to The Dahlias Planner module updates/refinements

      • Two bonus private sessions (60 minutes each) - options include:

        • Assist with personal questions, review planning and decision-making

        • Invite your spouse or executor to review planner and responsibilities

What This Program Is (and Is Not)

This program IS:

  • A guided, structured process to document your practice and obligations

  • Practical and relevant to healthcare professionals

  • Designed with privacy, patient records, and accessibility in mind

  • Focused on clarity, continuity, and peace of mind

This program IS NOT:

  • Legal advice or regulatory compliance training

  • A replacement for formal consultations with regulatory, legal, or privacy professionals

  • A passive course you watch “someday”

You’ll be supported, guided, and encouraged—but you remain in control of your planning choices.

Why Now?

As clinicians and healthcare business owners, it’s easy to put this off until something forces the issue. But planning proactively lets you make decisions calmly, ensures your clients are protected, and gives your family and practice a clear path forward—before it’s needed.

Preparedness isn’t about fear.
It’s about responsibility, care, and professionalism.

Register Today!

Organize your practice details and support your clients, family, and colleagues with clarity and confidence.

I know thinking about a future where you aren’t here to care for and protect your family is awkward and uncomfortable.

But that’s why I’m doing this and that’s why you need to do this too!

Because death, illness, accidents, disease, injuries, and age happen – whether we are planned for them or not.

Preparedness is an act of responsibility—not fear.

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  • "Just wanted to say that you are INCREDIBLE at delivering information. Wow! Really enjoyed my first session tonight, even though it's material that I didn't think would 'excite me'."

    — Kelsey R. | 4-Week Business Preparedness Series Participant 2025

  • "Thank you so much for taking the time to answer all my questions! You were so patient with everyone and so knowledgeable.:

    — Chris S. | 4-Week Business Preparedness Series Participant 2025

  • "More people need to join these sessions and get prepared. I had no idea what the first step was to get myself organized, much less spouse or family. Thank you!"

    — Amy Z. | 4-Week Business Preparedness Series Participant 2025

  • "This is something I've been meaning to do for 8 years so I'm happy you created this!"

    — Kelsey R. | 4-Week Business Preparedness Series Participant 2025

  • "You are exactly describing where I'm at."

    — Pam H. | 4-Week Business Preparedness Series Participant 2025

Support Groups

Hamilton and Area

  1. Bereaved Families of Ontario
    Website: bfoscr.com
    Email: programming@bfoscr.com
    300 Fennell Ave E #2B, Hamilton, ON L9A 1T2

  2. Journey Home for Empowered Living and Dying
    Website: journeyhomesupport.com
    Email: contact@journeyhomesupport.com
    104 King St W, Dundas ON L9H 0B4

  3. Kemp Care Network
    Website: kempcarenetwork.org
    Email: support@kemphospice.org
    277 Stone Church Rd E. Hamilton, ON L9B 1B1

  4. Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton
    Website: hamiltondiocese.com
    700 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C7

Burlington and Oakville Area

  1. Carpenter Hospice
    Website: thecarpenterhospice.com
    Email: admin@thecarpenterhospice.com
    2250 Parkway Dr, Burlington, ON L7P 1T1

  2. Acclaim Health Community Support Services
    Website: acclaimhealth.ca
    Email: pblakeley@acclaimhealth.ca
    2370 Speers Rd, Oakville, ON L6L 5M2

  3. Heartache2Hope
    Website: heartache2hope.com
    Email: info@heartache2hope.com
    1155 North Service Rd W Unit 11, Oakville, ON L6M 3E3

  4. Lighthouse Program for Grieving
    Website: lighthousegriefsupport.org
    Email: info@lighthousegriefsupport.org
    2522 Rebecca St, Oakville, ON L6L 6N8

Cambridge and Area

  1. Coping Bereavement Support Groups of Ontario Inc.
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1KXYKxfeyj/?mibextid=wwXIfr
    1740 Blair Rd, Cambridge, ON N3H 4R8

Brantford and Area

  1. St Joseph’s Lifecare Centre Stedman Community Hospice
    Website: sjlc.ca
    Email: stjoesfoundation@sjlc.ca
    445 Grey St, Brantford, ON N3S 6X1

  2. Canadian Mental Health Association
    Website: bhn.cmha.ca
    Email: lill@cmhabhn.ca
    44 King St, Suite 203, Brantford, ON N3T 3C7

  3. Grief Share
    Website: griefshare.org
    Email: info@griefshare.org
    111 Sherwood Dr #8, Brantford, ON N3T 6J9