Health Information Technology
Health Information and Technology Word count 2000.
This assignment will explain the importance of Information Technology in Healthcare. It will cover why it is important for the information to be correct and up to date, and the consequences of it being incorrect. It will also explain each terminology of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability and present a scenario for each of these relating to the use of electronic patient records. For reasons of confidentiality all names and settings will be omitted (NMC, 2009). The data protection act of 1998 (HMSO, 1998) is an Act of Parliament that all users of personal information must adhere to by law; it sets out eight principles that apply …show more content…
The public expect their privacy to be protected at all times. What counts as confidential information and what does not, should never be assumed. To break confidentiality is a very serious matter and strong evidence is required to support the reasoning behind a decision to share information about patients and clients, (Cain, 1999). There are situations when patient confidentiality can raise major problems, this can happen when they do not want to know their diagnosis or prognosis. Also when patients are unwilling to consent to relatives being informed of their condition, generally it is wrong to give confidential information to relatives about a patient. Only is it made possible for the relatives to receive confidential information and withhold the information from the patient, is when it is genuinely in the best interest of the patient (Henley, A et al …show more content…
The card identifies you, what your role is and how much access you need to what particular part of the patients notes and you could read only the part that was relevant. If you tried to access anything that was not relevant to what you needed to read an alarm will notify someone who manages patient’s confidentiality, NHS connecting for health (2006). This in this case would ensure that a repeat of the situation did not happen again. In every NHS organisation there
should be a guardian at senior level responsible for promoting confidentiality within the organisation as suggested by the Caldicott Committee (NHSE.1999). It remains however a matter of both the law and professional practice that each and every individual health professional is personally and professionally accountable for their actions and this includes their decisions in relation to the disclosure of confidential information. All health care workers should be aware of the professional advice contained in their code of conduct and ensure that they are kept up to date with any changes in the law and professional guidance.
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This assignment will explain the importance of Information Technology in Healthcare. It will cover why it is important for the information to be correct and up to date, and the consequences of it being incorrect. It will also explain each terminology of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability and present a scenario for each of these relating to the use of electronic patient records. For reasons of confidentiality all names and settings will be omitted (NMC, 2009). The data protection act of 1998 (HMSO, 1998) is an Act of Parliament that all users of personal information must adhere to by law; it sets out eight principles that apply …show more content…
The public expect their privacy to be protected at all times. What counts as confidential information and what does not, should never be assumed. To break confidentiality is a very serious matter and strong evidence is required to support the reasoning behind a decision to share information about patients and clients, (Cain, 1999). There are situations when patient confidentiality can raise major problems, this can happen when they do not want to know their diagnosis or prognosis. Also when patients are unwilling to consent to relatives being informed of their condition, generally it is wrong to give confidential information to relatives about a patient. Only is it made possible for the relatives to receive confidential information and withhold the information from the patient, is when it is genuinely in the best interest of the patient (Henley, A et al …show more content…
The card identifies you, what your role is and how much access you need to what particular part of the patients notes and you could read only the part that was relevant. If you tried to access anything that was not relevant to what you needed to read an alarm will notify someone who manages patient’s confidentiality, NHS connecting for health (2006). This in this case would ensure that a repeat of the situation did not happen again. In every NHS organisation there
should be a guardian at senior level responsible for promoting confidentiality within the organisation as suggested by the Caldicott Committee (NHSE.1999). It remains however a matter of both the law and professional practice that each and every individual health professional is personally and professionally accountable for their actions and this includes their decisions in relation to the disclosure of confidential information. All health care workers should be aware of the professional advice contained in their code of conduct and ensure that they are kept up to date with any changes in the law and professional guidance.
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