DIGI SOCIETY
Digitalization from my point of view
I have started my career as a practicalnurse. At that time, there were no great apps on smartphones yet, and some of the service providers were just moving away from manual recording on paper.Gradually, various programs were introduced for service homes and supported housing, such as Effica, but in the 2010s they were still recorded in Word in some places.More attention was paid to information security and privacy.
I am currently working as a career coach in vocational rehabilitation as well as a mental coach in my own company. My clients are mainly adults who need different support to achieve their own goals or find a career path. The digitalization of the rehabilitation sector has increased sharply in recent years. It is currently an important tool in my daily work. The recordings are made in a digital environment and meetings are arranged with video as needed. I also take advantage of various applications and programs, e.g. in the creation of material. In addition, customers have access to various programs that I need to be able to guide them. Communication in the direction of subscribers takes place mainly electronically. The company I work for has just started working with a First Beat company. I have not yet learned very deeply about what this means for us in practice.
I believe that vocational rehabilitation and career coaching are also being strongly taken in the direction of digitalization.Various applications are developed to improve and develop themselves and their own well-being.In addition, various artificial intelligence systems will be introduced that can be utilized as coaches.People are already able to monitor their own well-being with various smart devices and I believe this will evolve further. Write your experiences so far of the digitalization in your own field of expertise – and what are your future ideas. How the digitalization will change life and work in the future?
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GDPR
General data protection regulation (GDPR) gives the client the right to know who is processing his data. The client has the right to access and correct his data if he has false information. This Regulation establishes the rights of the individual and the obligations of controllers and controllers. It also sets out the methods for ensuring compliance with the rules and the scope of sanctions for those who break the rules. Company where I work implements data protection in accordance with the Personal Data Act when processing data, and the processing of personal data complies with the EU Data Protection Regulation. I feel that more attention is being paid to data protection issues and this is also reflected in the activities of our coaches in general, which is good. At the first appointment, I tell the client how and where his or her personal information will be used. I also tell he or she how to communicate with the subscribe of the service. I will also talk about the duty of confidentiality to which I have committed myself in writing. Also when using email, I need to make sure I use secure email, especially when processing client information.
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RISKS OF OPEN DIGITAL SOCIETY
Finish Cyber Security Center reported in late 2021 that online banking fishing was on the rise. Scam sites are cleverly made and despite much of this warning, many are hooked on them. So it feels like even though there is a warning about something all the time, it is impossible for us to protect ourselves from everything.We are also storing more and more information online: we do things online and leave digital footprints through it, and most of us share information about ourselves on social media channels.Digital services have become commonplace for us – have we become careless and carefree about them? It feels like if we want to be on social media or just use email, we have to accept that our information is on the line.
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Coments on other blogs
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Self evaluation
The world has changed a lot in my lifetime. It will be interesting to see how much we leap forward in, say, 10 or 20 years. It was interesting to recall the early days of my career and what kind of top technology it was then. I am really pleased that data protection has moved forward, although new risks have probably come to stay. I also reflect on my own behavior online. I’m extremely strict about work, but in my spare time, well … I could be more specific.
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Sources
Kyberturvallisuuden tulisi kuulua jokaisen digitaaliseen lukutaitoon: https://esignals.fi/kategoria/digitaalisuus/kyberturvallisuus-tulisi-kuulua-jokaisen-digitaaliseen-lukutaitoon/#101b0a85
Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto: https://tietosuoja.fi/gdpr
06/04/2022 at 13:29
Thank you for your thoughts. I have also started my health care career us a practical nurse and in my first summer job we were handwriting everything. It is good that we have now adays patient information systems. All the information is there to use for all the carriers. I think patients safety is better than before, for example health monitoring. Digitalization has increased everywhere in health care. I think it´s good to have different solutions to do our work.
You told in your blog about how personal information will be used in your workplace. It is very important to understand how the data is collected and how patient data is used in patient information systems. Like we all must understand how to use digital services and not only the use but also the data what is collected.
09/10/2022 at 11:50
Hi Heini!
And thanks for sharing your thoughts about digitalization/ digi society.
As you mention the world has changed a lot in past 20 years and the slope of the development seems to be increasing even from that.
I see that in your work (like most of yours) teh developmnet just keeps opening the new doors. You can work from and when ever – based on your and the customers needs. In case needed. you are able to follow their progress based on their activity. As Kati mentioned above, these are obviously also the information that is critical to storage in safe place.
Wishing you all the best with developing the industry! 🙂