BEST

PRACTICE
SOFTWARE 
ETHICAL, LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL
IMPLICATIONS 
CONFIDENTIALITY
AND PRIVACY 
• Confidentiality and Privacy are two important aspects of patient
care.
• Information technology-based systems are prone to data breach,
hacking and unauthorized access. 
• In Australia, the medical practitioners and healthcare staffs are
aware of confidentiality (Offner, 2020). 
• No professional degree and lack of technical expertise of
healthcare staff can lead to poor security maintenance. 
• Sharing of data to third parties without patient consent also raises
questions about confidentiality and privacy (Sahi et al., 2017) 
• BP software claims that it adheres to the privacy laws and
confidentiality guidelines , but with no mechanism to challenge
the risks it seems one sided (Bpsoftware.net). 
DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY 

• Data privacy and security has three aspects –

technical, physical and administrative. 
• Chances of data breach and security threats
exist with BP software. 
• From administrative point of view, BP
software does not disclose anything
about auditing, in-charge officers credibility
and alternative plan in context of data
breach. 
• Physical issues such as server capability, IT
infrastructure and maintenance also
determines data privacy and security
(Masood et al., 2018). 
• Technical issues such as encryption,
firewalls, and anti-cyber-attack systems need
to be included to prevent any type of cyber-
attacks (Filkins et al., 2016). 
EQUITY IN HEALTHCARE
TECHNOLOGY 
• Healthcare technology especially having patient
information and data must be accessible to patient. 
• Interoperability ( mobile, desktop and laptop) so that
the information can be accessed by the patient. 
• BP premier software is meant for clinicians &
practice manager implicating no role of patient. 
• Therefore, it is doctor dependent system that gathers
data and feed the system. 
• Lack of access, limited technical know-how
can impact on success rate of system and achieving
the intended target (Ibrahim, Charlson, Neill, 2020). 
 • Roles – Patient care and Safety are fundamental to nursing practice. 
• Integration of digital healthcare for continuity in healthcare and empowering patient is
ROLES AND the primary role.
• RESPONSIBILITIES 
RESPONSIBILI • Need to understand the technology - practice skills gaining and knowledge. 
TIES  • Integration of healthcare system and mitigation of fragmented systems. 
• Understands the legal aspects of use and technical as well as other risks involved. 
• Learn electronic documentation to improve patient care plan (Debono, Hanson,
Gibbons, 2020). 
 • Digital healthcare targets
towards limiting fragmentation
and increasing integration. 
• Warrants interprofessional
collaboration for smooth, ethical
and legal way of sharing data. 
• Nurses must have the required
communication and practice
skills for inter-professional data
collection and sharing. 
• Respecting professional
differences and understanding
the approach helps in improving
the inter-professional
collaboration. 
• Inter-professional
collaboration enhances patient
INTERPROFESSIONAL care and improve recovery time
and pathway (Hardin, Kilian,

COLLABORATION  Spykerman, 2017). 

CONCLUSION 

• Healthcare technology targets to reduce documentation time and improve patient care by
devoting more time towards care plan. 
• However, the issues that need to be addressed includes – data securuty, confidentiality and
privacy. 
• The challenges that still need to be explored is type of security strategies maintained by the
facilitating organisation and alternative plans. 
• The healthcare professionals need to improve their practical and theoretical skills on
technological improvements undergoing in their domain. 
• Inter-professional collaboration, data sharing, legal and ethical aspects of data collection,
uploading and sharing must be a part of new nursing roles. 
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• Bpsoftware.net (2020). Privacy Statement. Retrieved from https://bpsoftware.net/privacy-policy/.
• Debono, D., Hanson, S. M., & Gibbons, B. (2020). NURSING PRACTICE AND DIGITAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS:
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• Ibrahim, S. A., Charlson, M. E., & Neill, D. B. (2020). Big Data Analytics and the Struggle for Equity in Health Care: The
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