About

Privacy in New Zealand is legislated under the Privacy Act 1993 and tort law. Privacy can mean different things to different people and cultures, and is a particular minefield for those in the health care sector.

Confidentiality & Privacy for Healthcare Providers will provide you with the information and tools you need to ensure that you maintain the balance between patient welfare, family requirements and privacy law, giving you more time to focus one what’s really important - your patients!

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Understand your patients rights to privacy
• Gain a working knowledge of the Privacy Act 1993 & Health Information Privacy Code
• Gain practical tools compliance with legislation
• Balance legal rights to privacy vs clinical demands
• Understand interface with the OIA
• Confidentiality and Liability
• Ensure Security of Information

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone involved with healthcare, who has an interest in medical, mental heath or privacy law including:
• Doctors
• Clinicians
• Nurses
• Documentation Staff
• Pharmacists
• Privacy Officers
• Mental Health Professionals
• Psychiatric Social Workers
• Doctors and Medical Staff
• Corrections Staff
• Caregivers
• Advocacy Groups

Training Methodology:
These workshops combine seminar sessions with case studies in an interactive learning exercise. All attendees will be provided with a workbook and a certificate of completion

Outline

What is Privacy?
• Key concepts and definitions
• The complaints process
• Sound work practices

Principles of privacy
• Collection
• Source
• Openness
• Lawful and Fair Collection
• Storage and Security
• Access
• Correction
• Accuracy & Relevance
• Retention
• Use
• Disclosure
• Unique Identifiers

Patients Rights
• Privacy and Mentally Ill Patients

The Law
• Privacy Act 1993
   - What is the Privacy Act
   - What is a Privacy Act Request
   - Who can make a Privacy Act Request
• Health Information Privacy Code 1994
• Practical compliance with legislation
• Legal rights to privacy vs clinical demands

Privacy and “whistle blowing”
• CYFS Act
• Protected Disclosures Act
• Disclosure to Police and Social Workers, section 22C Health Act 1956

Interface with the OIA
• Public sector obligations
• Section 9(2)(a) refusing requests on privacy grounds
• Public Records Act data retention

Confidentiality and Liability
• Legal Confidentiality, Evidence Act
• Ethical Confidentiality
• Interface between HDC and Privacy

Security of Information
• Processes and Procedures
• RCGPNZ security framework
• HISO security framework

Disclosing to Health Insurance Companies
• When can I disclose?
• How much can I disclose?

Current Developments in Health IT
• National Health IT Plan
• Privacy issues around regional and national collections of health information

Facilitator

In-house Training