GDPR For Irish GPs – Protecting The Personal Data Of Patients

The names, contact details, email addresses, medical records and health data of individuals and patients who attend a GPs practice are protected by strict European and Irish data protection laws and it is of critical importance for Irish GPs to understand that given the sensitive personal data which they hold about individuals, the requirements of data protection law must be taken particularly seriously. GPs need to be able to show that patient information, whether stored electronically or on paper, is stored securely and that data processing agreements are in place with any third parties to whom access to patient's personal data is given, including staff, software providers such as HealthLink, interns, and so on.