To keep patient information confidential, secure, accurate and up to date, everyone must help. What information is confidential, personal and sensitive? Three common classifications of information are, ‘Confidential’, ‘Personal’ and ‘Sensitive Personal’. Confidential Information Information is considered confidential if it meets three simple conditions: It is private information about a person It was proved to someone who has a duty of confidence (e.g. the optometrist and other members of the optical team) You expect it to be used in confidence Information provided by patients to optical practice about their medical conditions including prescription information and family history is therefore confidential. Personal Information Personal information is information that identifies an individual, for example: Name Address Date of birth Home telephone number Postcode It also includes combinations of these that can be put together to identify and individual. Sensitive Personal Information
To keep patient information confidential, secure, accurate and up to date, everyone must help. What information is confidential, personal and sensitive? Three common classifications of information are, ‘Confidential’, ‘Personal’ and ‘Sensitive Personal’. Confidential Information Information is considered confidential if it meets three simple conditions: It is private information about a person It was proved to someone who has a duty of confidence (e.g. the optometrist and other members of the optical team) You expect it to be used in confidence Information provided by patients to optical practice about their medical conditions including prescription information and family history is therefore confidential. Personal Information Personal information is information that identifies an individual, for example: Name Address Date of birth Home telephone number Postcode It also includes combinations of these that can be put together to identify and individual. Sensitive Personal Information
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