Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering: • Confidentiality • Data protection • Disclosure of information The main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality are that only the appropriate people should have access to confidential records except where a pupil is potentially at risk. Information should not be given to other adults or agencies unless previously agreed. Where it has been agreed that confidential information can be shared it should be
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ThConfidentiality is a key ethical and legal principle governing health care practice. Confidentiality is recognised as a requirement of practice for all health professions in: 1. Health Services Act 1988 (Vic); 2. Contracts of employment; 3. Professional Codes of Conduct; Rationale for confidentiality 1. Respect for patient autonomy An important principle in health care ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle emphasises a person’s right to have control over their own life. This
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[TDA3.1-3.2] THE IMPORTANCE OF REASSURING CHILDREN‚ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADUILS OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SHARED INFORMATION AND THE LIMITS OF THIS It is important to respect confidentiality if we want to gain and keep respect of other adults and parents in the settings‚ although this is most difficult to maintain. There is also legislation about confidentiality which gives children and their families the right to privacy. Every Child Matters(2003)-Every Child Matters which was launched in 2003
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MU2.9 2.3 As a mother I went to pick up my child from Preschool setting. Some parents and I were waiting in school yard. Children were coming and were greeted by their parents. The preschool assistant‚ not a first time‚ loudly called a father of a boy and referred to him that his child is horribly behaved‚ he ignored her and that he is spiteful. The father began to shout at his son‚ he aggressively pulled his son towards him and shook him and left the premises. As a mother I felt uneasy‚ frightened
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Numerous polices are relevant to this case such as Power of Attorney and Confidentiality Worker policies. The Confidentiality Worker policy analyzes and looks at situations such as: whom should I share this information with? Why should I share this information? Firstly‚ A Power of Attorney for Personal Care is a legal document that gives or allows someone else the power to act on your behalf that is generally known as an Attorney. They would be responsible for decisions in personal care division
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Module 1- Intentional Tort Samuels vs. Southern Baptist Hospital taking place February 13th 1992 in Louisiana. A minor age sixteen Rochelle Harris and her family sue for an Intentional tort from the Southern Baptist’s former employee Raymond Stewart. The injury that occurred here was an incident of a common everyday tort known as rape. Ms. Rochelle was sixteen at the time of this intentional tort she had been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Southern Baptist Hospital by her parents from an attempt
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In schools parents and carers are asked for a variety of information so that the school personnel are able to care for the children as effectively and safely as they can whilst the children are in school. For example: • Health or medical information; • Records from previous schools; and • Records for children who have special educational‚ dietary needs‚ or religious rituals. This is confidential information and must be used only for the purpose for which it was gathered. It is the right
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Patient Privacy Destiny Hill HCS 335 October 2‚ 2011 Patient Privacy The law protecting patients’ rights and privacy known as Health Insurance Probability and Accountability (HIPPA) was enacted and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. HIPPA is created to help protect patients’ medical records and personal health records nationwide in addition to keeping all medical information confidential. Documents are filed and stored‚ but with technology evolving documents
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Genomics: Confidentiality and Privacy Issues In the Workplace and Insurance Companies Carolina Atai Molloy College Genomics: Confidentiality and Privacy Issues In the Workplace and Insurance Companies According to Hinkle and Cheever‚ “genomics is the study of the human genome‚ including gene sequencing‚ mapping‚ and function” (p. 107). The sequencing of the entire genome was completed in 2003 and is being used today to develop treatments of both rare and common diseases. The Genomic National Human
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preserve the confidentiality of medical records and standardized electronic data interchange (EDI) among providers‚ insurers‚ and government agencies. Ethics are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. Ethics gives a standard of conduct or code of behavior. Talking about what happened to a patient or who the patient is‚ is breaking the confidentiality contract. When you enter a health occupation‚ learn the code of ethics and ALWAYS remember confidentiality. It should always
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