standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as
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LO 4.1 Confidentiality is about respecting people’s rights to a private life. In a childcare setting‚ certain information is required from parents (or carers) about themselves and their children‚ like telephone numbers‚ address and child health information. It is important that this information is kept securely and only accessed by the relevant people. This kind of information is called ‘confidential’. Sometimes parents‚ carers or children will give us information that is of a personal nature
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4.1 Explain the meaning of the term ‘confidentiality’ Confidentiality as defined by Tassoni et al (2010) “is about respecting other people’s rights to privacy and keeping safe the information that they have provided” Confidentiality is very important in any organisation since it is the basis of trust between a number of parties. Respecting this trust is vital and information must be handled‚ exchanged and stored (including both print and electronic information) in an appropriate way so that
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Bioethics 280 -02 Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous hospital across the country that has put patients‚ workers and families at risk
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service quality and clinical quality of care. Patient satisfaction is improved as a system can allow patients the ability to get advice quicker and provide them with easier access to personal health information. Tools for managing patient information are provided which contributes to a reduction
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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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WHO defines policy as decisions‚ plans‚ and actions that are followed to achieve a particular health care goal within a society. A detailed health policy can achieve several things such as defining a vision for the future‚ which in turn helps to establish goals and points of reference for the short and medium term. Healthcare settings have various policies which are continuously updated to keep up with the growing demands of the field. Nurses have a lot of ethical and legal responsibilities in their
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CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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Confidentiality in Health Care Abstract The Health Information Portability Accountability Act was enacted to prevent patient’s private health information from being disclosed without authorization. The Health Information Portability Accountability Act has different sections which define what covered entities are‚ and explain what minimum necessity is in relation to patient’s private health information. This paper also discusses what the penalties may be for different types of private health information
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