Caldicott Principles Archives - INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE Interactive Software's Achiever Laboratory Information Management and Biobanking software, LIMS and CRM systems transform your business processes, help you to comply and deliver data insights Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:03:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 How Achiever Medical helps you meet the Caldicott principles https://www.interactivesoftware.co.uk/2019/06/12/how-achiever-medical-helps-you-meet-the-caldicott-principles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-achiever-medical-helps-you-meet-the-caldicott-principles Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:33:44 +0000 https://www.interactivesoftware.co.uk/?p=16207 The Caldicott Principles were introduced to make sure that patient information stored across the NHS is protected and information that could identify patients is only accessed when appropriate to do so. There are currently seven principles; six of these have been around since 1997 with the seventh added in 2013. They are all still very relevant today. Protecting patient identifiable information has been an important function within Achiever Medical since its creation. As such, adhering to the Caldicott Principles is something that we have striven to do within the product. Outlined below are some of the ways in which Achiever Medical helps you meet the Caldicott Principles. 1.   Justify the purpose(s) of using confidential information Achiever Medical uses its system filters and data encryption tools to protect and strictly control your sensitive and confidential data. Through these, for example, only permitted users can see patient identifiable information. The software encrypts all patient identifiable data (PID) before it is saved into the database. You can only see patient identifiable information through the Achiever interface; even if you are a database administrator. A Security Officer grants you access to patient identifiable data within the software. You set up a Security Officer for each […]

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