This online training course covers a wide range of topics relating to handling information and information governance within the healthcare industry, such as what information governance is, how to comply with the law and understanding the Data Protection Act Principles. The course will take approximately one hour to complete, and at the end of the training there are a number of multiple choice questions based on the course content, which must be answered correctly to pass the course.
Train Healthcare are fully aligned with Skills For Health and have been awarded the Skills for Health ‘Quality Mark’ for our face to face and e-learning training courses.
Course Content:
Caldicott Guardian, Caldicott Principles and Guidance
What is a duty of confidence?
Vital Interests
Staffs Responsibilities
What is Personal Data?
What is sensitive data?
Handling of personal data
Person unidentifiable data
Corporate Data
HORUS
Information as an assets
Data Protection Act
Data Subject Access Request
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Exemptions
Legalisation
FOI and Breaches
When it goes wrong
When can you share?
It’s good to Share
Duty of Candour
Retention
Explicit Consent
Record Keeping
Care Provider Responsibilities
CARAT
Security Measures
Mobile and working from home
Assessment
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the principles of Information Governance
Understand how to provide a confidential services to patients and service users
Ensure and maintain effective record keeping in line with the legalisation and guidance.
Understand the foundation principles of data protection, confidentiality and the Caldicott Principles.
Understand the organisational responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Understand how individually to apply and maintain information security.
Identify the difference between ‘personal information’ and ‘sensitive’ personal information.
Define what ‘confidentiality’ means, what information it applies to and how confidentiality is maintained.
State what ‘security’ means, how good security is planned and how it involves all employees.
Identifying and reporting confidentiality and security incidents and weaknesses to highlight issues and help organisations improve.
