A great deal of the information that nurses and midwives deal with is personal or personal health information. In Australia, the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information is regulated by various acts of parliament.
It is difficult to imagine any practicing nurse or midwife not being in a position to regularly collect, use, store and, where necessary, disclose personal health information.
The standard required of people who collect, use, store, and disclose personal health information is higher than the standard applied to the management of other personal information.
This course discusses the legal and ethical framework that protects the personal health information of individuals. It discusses how the principles of privacy are applied and the exceptions that apply to the requirement to obtain consent from the consumer prior to disclosure.
It then provides guidance on the actions that can be taken when a breach occurs.
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
