General Information Governance presentation

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Working with Information
Governance
Outline
 What
is Information Governance?
 Why?
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Benefits
Do nothing option
How?
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Principles & approach
6 aspects to the development of an IG framework
Information Governance
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Information component of clinical
governance.
“Framework for handling personal
information in a confidential and secure
manner to appropriate ethical and
quality standards in a modern health
service”
Information Governance
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Integration/Way of thinking/Way of
Working
– interrelationship between initiatives
– unites law/ethics/policy
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A framework to provide “a positive &
enabling tension” between
– IT
– Cultural issues
– Modernisation programme
Information Governance in the NHS
Service
Health Service Functions
Quality
Research
Management
Caldicott Report
The Law: DPA 1998
Data Accreditation Process
Human Rights Act 1998
Data quality audit
Freedom of Information Act 2000
HSC 1999/053 Security & confidentiality audit
Common Law
Records Management
EPR
ISO17799
/Common Clinical Systems NHS Numbers project
Quality
NSTS/Exeter
Risk Management
Professional regulations
Controls Assurance
Ethics, Ethnicity& Beliefs
Local Traditions & Practices
Choice
Technological & Sociological Change
Seamless Services
Protection
Privacy
Information Governance Why?
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Information & Communications Technological
developments
– portability, duplication, access, sharing, manipulation,
integration of patient records and information contained
within them
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Societal changes – Human Rights, Ethics,
Choice, Privacy
Service expectations – seamless privacy,
demonstrable quality,
confidential teamworking
Electronic clinical information systems
The do nothing option?
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Confusion, fragmentation & frustration
Lack of progress
Excess work for staff
Litigation and expense
Inability to set up robust flows between
multiple systems
Difficulties integrating systems into a
seamless whole
inability to produce reliable performance
indicators
Information Governance How?
 Principles
& Approach
 Six aspects to consider when
developing and Information
Governance Framework
Principles & Approach
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Work with and understand system, process
and people
– confidential communities working in confidential
environments
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Focus on organisational structure
Focus on the user
Work on specifics, develop solutions, consider
generic implications
Policy from specifics (bottom up)
Basic principles - healthcare & privacy
Six Aspects of an IG Framework
1. Teambuilding
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Organisational structures
Service and work planning
Policy, procedure and guidance
Education, training and awareness
Standards
1. The Team
 Clarify
the approach
– Always user focused
– Advice
– Guidance
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service
new developments
new systems
Helpdesk
– Hands on practical support (we do it)
1. The Team
 Clarify
aims
– Team may be working across multiple
organisations
– Consistency, consensus & cohesion
– Secure, confidential & quality assured
systems & process
– The cycle of monitor, review, audit and
informed, appropriate actions for change
that respect the position of all stakeholders
2. Organisation
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Ensuring organisational and managerial
commitment
– Information Governance Steering Group
– engage at an appropriate level
– work with authority
– Terms of reference
– Policy
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principles
organisational responsibilities
confirms standards
sets out structure
2. Organisation
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IG Steering Group - membership
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Caldicott Guardian
Director of Finance and Information
Head of IT
Head of Medical Records
Assistant Chief Executive
HR
3. Planning
 One
plan
– IGT to baseline the organisation
– Plan maps back to requirements, provides
the foundation to apply and implement
standards, evaluate progress
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System
Process
People
4. Policy, procedure, guidance
Agreed policy
 Related and documented procedure and
guidance
 Policy reflects reality
 Policy, procedure, guidance inform
training.
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5. Education, Training,
Awareness
Education and communication at the
heart of the process
 Develop good quality, professional multi
media training materials
 Design and deliver user focused training
and awareness sessions
 Ideally integrating with an ETD strategy
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6. Standards
Standards currently being drawn
together from the core IG initiative
 Modelled around
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H eld securely and confidentially
O btained fairly and efficiently
R ecorded accurately and reliably
U sed effectively and ethically
S hared appropriately and lawfully
Conclusion
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Connects Clinical & Corporate Governance
Provides a flexible framework capable of
responding to change.
Effective use of limited resources
Increases the ability to secure information
flows.
Increases the ability to respond to patient
choice and preferences
Creates a safer working environment for staff
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