UNIT

POLICIES, GUIDELINES &

LAWS
IN
NURSING INFORMATICS

Objectives:
At the end of this unit learners should be able
to:
•Describe briefly the Intellectual Property Law
and Copy right Law
•Understand and explain the Privacy of
Personal and Public Domains of the Data
Privacy Act
•Determine and apply different Netiquette
Rules and Guidelines
•To adhere to establish norms of conduct
based on the Philippine Nursing Law and
other legal regulatory and institutional
requirements relevant to save nursing
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Intellectual property (IP
IP) refers to creations of the
mind
mind, such as:
• inventions;
• literary and artistic works;
• designs;
• symbols,
• names and
Social function of Intellectual Property
( IP)
•The State shall : µ spreading of something
• promote the diffusion of knowledge and information for the
promotion of national development and progress and the
common good.
• Streamline administrative procedures of registering
patents, trademarks and copyright,
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• To liberalize the registration on the transfer of technology

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• To enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights in
the Philippines
 Intellectual property
Parts of the Law-under the IP Code
Part I : The Intellectual Property Office
government / authority
Part II : The law on Patents→

Part III : The Law on= Trademarks, Service Marks

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and Trade Names

Part IV
Part V 2-
: The law on Copyright
: Final Provisions

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
1. Bureau of Patents
2. Bureau of Trademarks
3. Bureau of Legal Affairs
4. Documentation , Information and Technology
Transfer Bureau
5. Management Information System and EDP
Bureau
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tronic Data

processing
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293
June 6, 1997

AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND
ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS

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POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR
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https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1997/06/06/republic-act-no-8293/
OTHER PURPOSES.

Categories:

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Patent ꙳ Trademark ꙳ Copyright

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government
A patent is a form of intellectual property that
gives its owner the legal right to exclude others
from making, using, or selling an invention for a
limited period of years in exchange for publishing
an enabling public disclosure of the invention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent

The basic requirements for a

creation to be patentable:

The creation would have a novel idea

idea,
inventive
inventive, and can be applied in an
industrial setting
setting.
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Patents are valid for 20 yrs from the date of filing and is subject
to annual fee upon the expiration of 4 yrs from the date of
http://www.urs.edu.ph/rio-gets-invention-patent/ application.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patents_in_the_Philippines
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/aspac/en/wipo_ip_mnl_3_18/wipo_ip_mnl_3_18_p_1.pdf
a tool used to differentiate services and
goods from one another.
https://www.federislaw.com.ph/faqs-resources/trademark-
enforcement/#:~:text=An%20IP%20owner%20may%20file%20a%20civil%20action%20to%20recover,actually%20r
eceived%20from%20the%20infringement.

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It refers to the protection given to the owner of an
original work covering:
literary works
musical pieces
Paintings
and computer programs, among others.
 http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/646

https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/services/copyright/
Republic Act. No. 10173: Data Privacy
Act
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August 15, 2012

AN ACT PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL

INFORMATION IN INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE GOVERNMENT
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CREATING FOR THIS
PURPOSE A NATIONAL PRIVACY COMMISSION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

https://www.privacy.gov.ph/data-privacy-act/

Who stores data for

you?
•From media platforms to banks, schools and
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govt. institutions store data relevant for you.

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•The INDIVIDUAL has the inherent right to
control personal information.
•But these are very much essential for the
DELIVERY of SERVICES to the
individual where public or private institutions
/organizations know some of the information
WHICH IS
MORE DATA IS MORE
VALUABLE… IMPORTANT THAN
DATA OR MONEY.
MONEY?
WHY
?
“In today’s environment
where competitors can copy
your products, pirate your
employees and mirror your
algorithms,
DATA is the only
sustainable, competitive
advantage .” Former Deputy
Privacy Commissioner Damian Mapa
 PRIVACY VS CONFIDENTIALITY
• PRIVACY • CONFIDENTIALITY
• A state when an individual • A state when it is intended
is free from public or expected from someone
interruption and intrusion to keep the information
• Derived from ”private”
where the role of the public
is limited
• Refers to a condition where
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secret.
• Extracted from the word ’
confidence” = trust
• Information entrusted is
a person is apart from told in confidence to
public attention and someone , will be kept
observation secret from the reach of
unauthorized people until
the parties agree to
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Basis of PRIVACY CONFIDENTIALITY
Comparison
Meaning The state of being Refers to the situation when it is expected from
secluded. someone that he will not divulge the information to
any other person
What is it? The right o be let ALONE It is an agreement between two persons standing in
fiduciary to maintain the secrecy of sensitive
information and documents
Concept Limits the access of the Prevents information and documents from
public. unauthorized access
Applies to Individual information
Obligatory ◦
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Yes, when the information is professional and legal.
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of an individual
Disallowed Everyone is disallowed Only the unauthorized persons are disallowed from
from involving the using the information
personal affairs of an
individual.
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Importance of preserving anonymity,
confidentiality and privacy of health information
1. To ensure safe and compassionate nursing practice (
includes ethico-moral and legal boundaries within which nurses would
function vis-à-vis protecting patients’ rights, respect human dignity,
anynomity, privacy, and confidentialty of health info.)
2. To ensure protection of patient’s from identity theft and other
improper use of patient information specifically for financial gain.
3. To maintain patient’s trust
trust. ( thus preventing disclosure of certain facts
esp. during pandemic)
4. Integrity and availability of electronic health information will be
essential for physicians and the entire clinical team.
5. Prevent unintended consequences detrimental to health research
and public practice.
6. To ensure availability of accurate health information when needed by
the patient

Read about the following:

Or Internet etiquette

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 Kindly read other
references; Study those
topics as a
part of your Self-Directed
Learning or Personal
Learning

References
: Rowan S., Udan, Josie Quiamnbao, Nursing Informatics;
Cu, Neugene
Textbook, Workbook and Study Guide. First edition, 2021, pp.85-94

McGonigle , Dee . & Mastrian, Kathleen Garver , Nursing Informatics and

the Foundation of Knowledge , 2018.

Calano, Roel B. & Del Rio, Fernando, Health Informatics ( An illustrative

Approach)
First Edition 2017 & 2010
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