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.
- Key current health and care policies and the associated strategies, and in particular those relating to patient outcomes and patient safety.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Review and critique one organisation’s informatics strategy and its relationship to national policy and strategy, quality control and quality assurance, including how patient care outcomes and patient safety are addressed. |
| # 2 | Outcome Shadow at least two senior managers and critically reflect on specific service management practices. |
| # 3 | Outcome Present and defend observations and views, on either or both of these activities, at a meeting with peers. |
| # 4 | Outcome Appraise the role of stakeholders, and stakeholder engagement, in a local informatics strategy, and its implementation, and present a written report with recommendations for future engagement strategies, including an implementation plan. |