Unit 9 Promote Good Practice In Handling Information In Health And Social Care
Unit 9
Promote Good Practise in Handling Information in Health and social care Settings
The data protection Act 1998 is an important legislation in social care which relate to handling information. One of the Acts is that people have every right to see what information has been recorded about them, this means that people can see their social flies or see their medical records if they request so. Freedom of information Act 2000 gives people the right the access general information held by the public authorities including local authorities and national health services. Other legislation in the social sector is Disability Discrimination Act.
Anyone handling and processing the Data protection Act must obey the following principles: * The data must be processed Fairly and lawfully * The data must be processed for limited purposes * The data must be adequate and relevant * The data must be accurate * The data must be not be kept more than necessary * The data must be kept secure * The data must not be transferred to other countries without suitable protection * The data must be processed in accordance with the date subject’s rights
Manual filing systems are filing systems done by hand as the name may suggest. The most used type of files are the brown manita, others include ring binders, lever arch files and bound copies of computer printouts. Files are sorted out in two ways aphetically and numerically; aphetically are usually done in smaller organisation whilst numerical systems are used in larger organisations such as hospitals were alphabetical organising becomes impossible. On the other hand computerized storage system (electronic) is where information is stored on a system on the computer done specially for your organisation. This type of storage has its benefits for example the data can backed up plus the data is more secure and can’t be altered or changed and its less likely for the data to get damaged or stolen. This type of filing system can be expensive but as you may all see the advantages overshadow the disadvantages. This mean that if an individual isn’t familiar with the system then it’s the duty for team members to support the specific individual and to ensure that he understand the need for secure handling of information.
New data can come in a various ways like verbally, on paper or electronically, the data must be maintained and kept up to date, the data must be accurate, accessible and readable all to the absolute sense and it’s also extremely important that you pass on the information in the right form to the right person.
Promote Good Practise in Handling Information in Health and social care Settings
The data protection Act 1998 is an important legislation in social care which relate to handling information. One of the Acts is that people have every right to see what information has been recorded about them, this means that people can see their social flies or see their medical records if they request so. Freedom of information Act 2000 gives people the right the access general information held by the public authorities including local authorities and national health services. Other legislation in the social sector is Disability Discrimination Act.
Anyone handling and processing the Data protection Act must obey the following principles: * The data must be processed Fairly and lawfully * The data must be processed for limited purposes * The data must be adequate and relevant * The data must be accurate * The data must be not be kept more than necessary * The data must be kept secure * The data must not be transferred to other countries without suitable protection * The data must be processed in accordance with the date subject’s rights
Manual filing systems are filing systems done by hand as the name may suggest. The most used type of files are the brown manita, others include ring binders, lever arch files and bound copies of computer printouts. Files are sorted out in two ways aphetically and numerically; aphetically are usually done in smaller organisation whilst numerical systems are used in larger organisations such as hospitals were alphabetical organising becomes impossible. On the other hand computerized storage system (electronic) is where information is stored on a system on the computer done specially for your organisation. This type of storage has its benefits for example the data can backed up plus the data is more secure and can’t be altered or changed and its less likely for the data to get damaged or stolen. This type of filing system can be expensive but as you may all see the advantages overshadow the disadvantages. This mean that if an individual isn’t familiar with the system then it’s the duty for team members to support the specific individual and to ensure that he understand the need for secure handling of information.
New data can come in a various ways like verbally, on paper or electronically, the data must be maintained and kept up to date, the data must be accurate, accessible and readable all to the absolute sense and it’s also extremely important that you pass on the information in the right form to the right person.