Competency information
Details
Apply information governance principles and best practice in the workplace, including confidentiality.
Considerations
- The legislation, regulatory guidance and NHS protocols regarding the security, confidentiality and appropriate sharing of patient identifiable information.
- Role of the Caldicott Guardian.
- The different arrangements and the associated responsibilities of clinical staff for security of all types of clinical information, especially electronically held, and for using such data for ‘secondary’ purposes.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Critically evaluate a patient information/engagement strategy (a strategy developed by a clinical team or an organisation to provide information for or otherwise engage with a particular patient/carer group) with particular reference to how patients were included in the development and how they have used the information or other resources. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform an audit of resources available for patients, evaluate and present the results within a multidisciplinary team, and set out an action plan to address issues identified and discuss the role of audit in quality management within the clinical setting. |
| # 3 | Outcome Assist in evaluating online or electronic health resources that can be used in a range of situations, including to support health professionals and patients making decisions about the use of electronic health resources for diagnosis and monitoring purposes. |
| # 4 | Outcome Meet with patient(s) to discuss their views with respect to a health informatics initiative and present the outcome to your colleagues and patient representatives. |
| # 5 | Outcome Advise health professionals with respect to the use of information resources/internet interventions/behaviour change apps that should be recommended to patients within your scope of practice. |