The importance of confidentiality and Data Protection for home based childcare When working in a childcare setting it is often inevitable to come across confidential information about children and families you are working with. Confidential information is personal information‚ which should not be shared with unauthorised person or organisations. It also means a childminder should never discuss a child with a friend or other parents. Most common information held by childcare practitioner are
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Confidentiality and Informed Consent Cher Keen PSY/305 August 3‚ 2015 Dr. Daniel Williams Confidentiality and Informed Consent Confidentiality in all fields of work is vital. It gives the client the comfort of knowing that their personal information will remain private and safeguarded. Confidentiality guidelines within counseling sessions can make the experience with a client more productive. A breach in confidentiality
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The Importance of Confidentiality & Data Protection for a home based childcare service In order to run a childcare service there is a need to retain a large amount of information on each child. The Data Protection Act 1998 covers correct storage and sharing of both manual and electronic information. There are eight principles put in place by the Data Protection Act 1998 to make sure that information is handled properly: * fairly and lawfully processed * processed for limited purposes
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Due to confidentiality i will name my clinical environment James ward. It is a 1-beded mixed ward that benefits from an adequate level of qualified staff that are approachable and values student’s personal initiation and involvement in educationally valuable activities. The Gibbs (1988) reflective framework will be used. There are journals and access to a computer‚ linked to the internet‚ which can be accessed by students for research on assigned topics‚ as part of their learning contract. The
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The subject I intend to reflect upon is confidentiality within a professional healthcare setting. Confidentiality formed a part of our professional issues lectures and it piqued my interest due to how differently it is interpreted within healthcare as opposed to education‚ which is my background. In an educational setting I was taught repeatedly that I could never ensure confidentiality between myself and a child. Comparing that to what I have now learnt in healthcare‚ this seemed to me almost the
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sharing that with people. Just like how I wouldn’t like it if someone shared my personal information with someone when I didn’t want them to. Continually improving on my knowledge and skills of medical assistants so I can help patients and colleagues. this way I can make sure patients are getting information and the help that they are looking for. if a colleagues has a question that I am not completely sure about‚ I’d research for the answer so i could get my faxes right but also making sure that my colleague
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Introduction: The concept of “doctor-patient confidentiality” derives from English common law and is codified in many states’ statutes. It is based on ethics‚ not law‚ and goes at least as far back as the Roman Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians. It is different from “doctor-patient privilege‚” which is a legal concept. Both‚ however‚ are called upon in legal matters to establish the extent by which ethical duties of confidentiality apply to legal privilege. Legal privilege involves the right to
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Decision Making January 20th 2011 How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patient’s information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patient’s confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal‚ and not disclosing or sharing the information to others. If trust is betrayed‚ the patient’s would
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Unit 51 Outcome 4 Question 3 Describe the potential tension between maintaining an individual’s confidentiality and disclosing concerns. • Where abuse of a child or young person is suspected All settings should have a designated person to deal with child protection issues. If you have concerns that a child is being abused it is our job to disclose this information to the designated/manager of the setting unless you think by disclosing the information will put the child/young person in further
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improves both 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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