A6- Managing personal information Flashcards
Why should data be carefully managed in healthcare?
It is sensitive information and it is against law to breach information.
How should information be collected?
• Timely
• Accurately
• Verbatim
• Agreed ways of working
• Confidentiality
Why do we collect information and data?
• For a better idea of someone’s physical and mental health.
• Diagnosis.
• Understanding family and individual impacts.
• Health detriments (lifestyle).
• Personal information.
• Pre medical history.
What laws promote good data management?
• The Care Act
• The Human Rights Act
• The Equality Act
• The Freedom Of Information Act (individual can access their recorded information)
• The General Data Protection Act (need consent to share information)
What is a MASH?
A ‘Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub’ is an MDT for the safeguarding of an individual.
What comes under the criteria of patient information?
• MAR (Medical Administration Record)
• NEWS (National Early Warning Score)
• Care plan
• Fluid and nutrition
• Moving and handling
What are the principles of the General Data Protection Act 2018?
• Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: People have the right to know and view any information that is held about them, to know how their information is being used, to have errors corrected and to prevent data from used for marketing.
• Purpose limitations: Collect data for a specific purpose and must share it for a purpose.
• Data minimisation: Limit the data collected to what is necessary and relevant.
• Accuracy: Inaccurate data should be destroyed or corrected.
• Storage limitations: Don’t hold informations for longer than necessary and delete it as soon as not needed.
• Integrity and confidentiality: Hold and process information securely.
• Accountability: All controllers are responsible for the information. Consent must be given to process information.
What does the health and social care act 2014 say about EBP?
Use information to inform your practice, review and improve your care through research and EBP.
What are the caldecott principles?
These cover all aspects of personal data that are necessary to collect for health and social care.
• Justify the purpose for using the confidential information.
• Use confidential information when needed.
• Use the minimum amount needed.
• Give people access to information on a strict need to know basis.
• All with access are aware of their responsibility’s.
• Comply with law.
• Your duty to share information for the individuals care is as important as your duty to protect patient confidentiality.
• Inform patients of who their information is used and what choices they have.
What is the process of processing data?
Record -> Share -> Store.
What is a PRN?
An abbreviation for the latin term ‘pre re nata’ meaning ‘as the thing is needed’.
This means you don’t need to take a medicine on a schedule, just when you need it.
What are some reportable incidents?
• Accidents
• Complaints
• Fires
• Outbreaks
• Risks
• Safeguarding
When is patient information appropriate to share?
• Ensuring a diagnosis
• Handover
• Risk of harm
• Crime committed
• Misuse of medication
• Legislation requirement
What are some information sharing formats?
• Report
• Documentation
• Package of care
• Form
• Presentation
• Graph
• Table
What rights does the individual have under GDPR 2018?
• right to be informed.
• right to access.
• right to inaccurate information being changed.
• right to erasure.
• right to restrict data use.
• right to data transferring.
• right to object against information being used.
