Who has the right to see a patient record? Are you allowed to look at "how things went" for a patient after a completed episode of care? What information must I disclose about a patient if the police call? Health care is surrounded by an extensive and, in some parts, complicated and detailed set of rules. This course, aimed at doctors as well as other healthcare staff, is about giving you knowledge of the legislation and regulations that govern your daily work. Among other things we go through the Patient Act's requirements on information and consent, how to act if the patient lacks decision-making capacity, in which cases a child has the right to make decisions, when you have a duty to report and when secrecy and confidentiality apply.
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About the course.
Who has the right to see a patient record? Are you allowed to look at "how things went" for a patient after a completed episode of care? What information must I disclose about a patient if the police call? Health care is surrounded by an extensive and, in some parts, complicated and detailed set of rules. This course, aimed at doctors as well as other healthcare staff, is about giving you knowledge of the legislation and regulations that govern your daily work. Among other things we go through the Patient Act's requirements on information and consent, how to act if the patient lacks decision-making capacity, in which cases a child has the right to make decisions, when you have a duty to report and when secrecy and confidentiality apply.
As someone who works in health care, your main task is to care for patients, but you are also expected to have knowledge of the laws, ordinances and authority regulations that apply to the profession. The course aims to give you knowledge of central law in health care and to make you feel confident in handling the legal questions that arise in your professional practice.
The course corresponds to the following of the National Board of Health and Welfare's (Socialstyrelsen) sub-goals for ST doctors and provides a certificate to send to Socialstyrelsen:
2015: sub-goal a6 and the specialty-specific sub-goals relating to laws and other regulations (for example c10, c13 and c14)
2021: sub-goal BT3 and STc x
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the course is to give you an overview of the legal field and knowledge of the central rules that often arise in health care. The purpose is also that the course should lead to an awareness of when a legal problem may exist and equip you with knowledge that contributes to confidence in your professional role.
What you will learn
What you learn.
Public access and secrecy in health care
What the Patient Data Act's provisions on coherent record keeping and internal secrecy mean
What patients' direct access to their records means
When the patient has the right to read their record
Which information must be documented in a patient record
When the duty to report applies
When secrecy may be broken and information may be disclosed
When you have a duty to report, based on, for example, the Social Services Act
Which information must be disclosed if, for example, the police request information from a patient record
When you risk committing unauthorised data access
Where the limit of the patient's right to self-determination lies
What happens if something goes wrong and which sanctions may apply
Curriculum
How the course is built.
09.00 Welcome and introduction
- Introduction to health care law
09.15 Information management and secrecy
This section covers:
- What health care secrecy means
- What applies in relation to relatives
- When secrecy may be broken and information may be disclosed
- When and to whom information may be disclosed
- When the patient has the right to read their record
- When you have a duty to report, based on, for example, the Social Services Act
- Which information must be disclosed if, for example, the police request information from a patient record
10.15 Coffee
- Information management and secrecy (continued)
12.00 Lunch
13.00 The Patient Data Act
- What does the Patient Data Act mean for information management in health care?
- What does patients' direct access to their records mean?
- Is there an "internal secrecy"?
- When are you authorised to access information about a patient?
- What is unauthorised data access?
- Which information must be documented in a patient record?
- Who is responsible for the information in the patient record
15.00 Coffee break
15.15 The Patient Act: information and consent to care and treatment
- What information should patients be given under the Patient Act?
- What does the law's requirement for consent mean?
- When and how should consent be obtained?
- What happens if the patient changes their mind?
- How do you handle patients who cannot give consent?
- When can care be given without consent?
- Children's right to make decisions
The Patient Safety Act: obligations and disciplinary procedures
- What do the provisions on complaints handling mean?
- When must you file an incident report?
- When must a care injury be reported to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Inspektionen för vård och omsorg)? Lex Maria reports
- Supervision by the Health and Social Care Inspectorate
- What role does the Medical Responsibility Board (Hälso- och sjukvårdens ansvarsnämnd) have?
- Which disciplinary measures may apply?
- What professional responsibility do healthcare staff have?
16.30 Summary with time for questions
17.00 The course ends
Target audience
Who is this for?
You who work in health care and want to learn more about the legal rules that span the field and govern your daily work.
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