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This one day conference will provide practical guidance, tips and advice for ensuring effective information governance with the use of social media platforms, implementation of digital healthcare technologies such as instant messaging, video consultations, use of mobile devices and sharing of images.
“More than 1,200 NHS staff have been disciplined for their use of social media or messaging apps since 2013 and at least 65 of them lost their jobs…Predominantly, the cases involved the disclosure confidential patient information, complaints about colleagues or inappropriate contact with patients, with the consequences ranging from suspensions to dismissals and resignations.”
The Times 2018
“Social media describes web-based applications that allow people to create and exchange content. In this guidance we use the term to include blogs and microblogs (such as Twitter), internet forums (such as doctors.net), content communities (such as YouTube and Flickr), and social networking sites (such as Facebook and LinkedIn).The standards expected of doctors do not change because they are communicating through social media rather than face to face or through other traditional media. However, using social media creates new circumstances in which the established principles apply.”
General Medical Council
This conference will enable you to:
- Understand how to apply Caldicott Principles, Information Governance, Patient Confidentiality and GDPR to Social Media Posts
- Improve the use of mobile devices in health and social care and how this can be more effectively managed
- Learn from outstanding practice in responding to a social media breach of patient confidentiality
- Reflect on national developments and learning
- Improve the way you train and educate frontline staff on how the caldicott principles apply to online posts, instant messaging and social media
- Reflect on how an organisation have successfully replaced the pager with Whatsapp
- Explore the implications and management of CCTV involving staff and patients, and patient and staff recordings
- Understand legal implications and recourse with use of common apps such as messenger, whatsapp and skype
- Develop an understanding of the issues around the sharing of clinical photographs
- Ensure you are up to date with the latest developments
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
