Privacy and Confidentiality in Pharmacy
Privacy and confidentiality are fundamental principles in pharmacy practice, ensuring that patients' personal and health information is respected and protected.
Our course on privacy and confidentiality in pharmacy highlights the importance of protecting patients' personal and health information. The course explores these principles in detail, focusing on their application in pharmacy practice and strategies to uphold them.
The Principles
Privacy relates to the ownership of personal information and the ability to control that information and what happens to it.
Confidentiality relates to protecting someone’s personal information and ensuring it is not accessed or shared without permission or authorisation.
Why Privacy and Confidentiality are Important in Pharmacy
As pharmacists and pharmacy staff, we are in a unique position of trust. We deal with individual’s personal and health information daily. It is up to us to safeguard our patient’s privacy and uphold confidentiality. We must adhere to legislation and regulations under The Privacy Act. There can be major repercussions for breaches of privacy, which can detrimentally affect our patients, ourselves, our careers and the business we work in.
What You Will Learn in our Privacy and Confidentiality Training
Our course is designed to give pharmacy staff the knowledge and tools they need to protect their patients, as well as their careers and business. Key learning points include:
- Recognise the principles Privacy and confidentiality, the difference between the two, and how they apply to Pharmacy.
- Identify potential breaches of privacy or confidentiality and outline steps to prevent or address such incidents.
- Describe the dos and don’ts of safeguarding privacy and confidentiality in your Pharmacy.
- Apply fundamental measures to safeguard sensitive patient information and uphold patient privacy.
- Implement proactive steps to prevent and respond to privacy breaches in a pharmacy setting.
We must take steps to protect our patients and business. By implementing the strategies covered in this training, you can build a strong defense against privacy breaches and uphold confidentiality in your Pharmacy.
Equip yourselves and your team today with the knowledge required to understand and protect Privacy and Confidentiality.
Enrol in our Privacy and Confidentiality Training for Pharmacy today!
