The GDPR  imposes legal obligations on medical and healthcare organisations around how they must manage and process personal data.

The new legislation gives the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) powers to impose significant financial penalties for non-compliance.

This, along with the increased focus on data collection and developments in AI for healthcare, are making the need for robust personal data protection practices essential.

This page explains what the new legislation means for medical and healthcare organisations and the key areas they need to consider when managing and protecting personal data.

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WHAT DOES THE LEGISLATION MEAN FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS?

Like all other organisations, medical and healthcare organisations must:

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Be transparent in the way they process personal data and accountable for doing so
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Be able to detect, manage, report and respond to data breaches including, if necessary, liaising with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP)
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Understand the data they have, where it is stored and who has access to it
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Implement robust processes and procedures to protect personal data
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Allow patients, health care professionals, staff and employees, local authorities, family and next of kin, guardians and suppliers to:

  • Access the data stored on them
  • Ensure it is correct and modify it as necessary
  • Have it deleted (unless needed for legitimate reasons)

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Appoint a designated data protection officer if they:

  • Are a public body
  • Process data on a large scale especially special category data or data relating to criminal convictions
  • Use the data for automated decision making

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“I became acquainted with The DPO Centre through one of their Data Protection Officers (DPO) who acts as outside DPO for one of our US-based clients. We were negotiating a DPA for a unique trial his client is conducting in the EU which utilizes my company’s mobile research services. The DPO I had the pleasure of working with on that project is one of the best DPO/counsels I have worked with when it came to thoughtfully negotiating through a clinical trials-DPA, given his great knowledge of the GDPR and the crossover with clinical trials regulations in both EU & UK. He’s also just a solid, nice person, and I have greatly enjoyed and am very grateful to have him across the table to get the trials up and running.”

Jenifer McIntosh
Professional Case Management

IMPORTANT DATA PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE

Medical and healthcare organisations must protect personal data across all of their operations and be aware of multiple regulations. Major considerations include:

Complementary regulations, guidance and inspections

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GDPR

Policies

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Privacy, retention and data protection policies
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Staff handbooks

Marketing, communications and consent management

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Social media and posting
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Emails, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), NHSmail

Administration

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Maintaining network and server security
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Email systems
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Staff payroll, pension and HR records
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Visitors’ book and access systems

Sharing data with others

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Clinicians and healthcare professionals
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Local authorities

Managing sensitive information

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Managing sensitive medical information
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Safeguarding, family issues and DBS checks

Data gathering for predicting clinical outcomes

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Automated processing
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Data anonymisation and pseudo-anonymisation

Patient facing care and getting the job done

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Bedside data
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Patient notes
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Managing paper records

Care management systems and medical records

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Carer planning and management systems
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Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR)

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