F.9 Data governance practices Flashcards
Distinguish approaches to health data governance, including sovereignty, in different use contexts.
What is data governance?
A system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models.
How does effective data governance strengthen overall governance structures?
It ensures data is managed, used and protected in line with legal and community expectations, promoting trust.
What are the key elements of effective data governance?
- Accountable
- Compliant
- Coherent
- Open and transparent
- Responsive and equitable
- Ethical
- Risk managed
- Resourced
- Agile
- Assessed and evaluated
What is the difference between data governance and data management?
Data governance sets expectations, while data management fulfills them.
What does ‘accountable’ mean in the context of data governance?
Decisions regarding data are taken by those responsible, who are answerable to the organization and interested parties.
What does ‘compliant’ refer to in effective data governance?
Decisions and actions are consistent with regulatory requirements, including data sovereignty.
What does ‘coherent’ imply in data governance?
Data decision making and resource allocations are aligned with other dimensions of enterprise governance.
Fill in the blank: Effective data governance should be _______ and transparent.
Open
What does ‘responsive and equitable’ mean in data governance?
Recognizes and serves the needs of all interested parties, responding to changes in context or circumstances.
What ethical considerations are important in data governance?
Ethical implications of data-related decisions must be recognized, understood, and appropriate standards followed.
What does ‘risk managed’ mean in effective data governance?
Relevant risks are recognized, understood, and mitigated, balancing security and access risks.
What is meant by ‘cultural’ in the context of data governance?
Fosters a positive organizational climate that understands and acts on the enterprise’s data ethos.
What are the key approaches to health data governance?
- Size
- Structure
- Nature of data
- Centricity of data
- Environment
What is the role of strategy and planning in data governance?
Data and information are treated as assets requiring strategic acquisition, lifecycle management, and disposal.
What are data governance principles?
Guiding values and beliefs regarding data and information management.
What are common roles in data governance?
- Enterprise data sponsor
- Data governance committee
- Data management committee
- Data sponsors/owners
- Data stewards
- Data custodians
- Data users
What is the importance of capabilities in data governance?
The workforce needs requisite knowledge, skills, experience, tools, and technology to ensure effective governance.
What are typical data management functions?
- Data architecture development
- Data modelling
- Metadata management
- Assuring data sovereignty
- Data storage and operations
- Assuring data quality
- Managing data security
- Managing reference and master data
What is metadata management?
Collecting, categorizing, maintaining, and ensuring the availability of metadata about enterprise data.
What does ‘assuring data sovereignty’ entail?
Establishing jurisdictional control over data and ensuring compliance with relevant legal requirements.
Fill in the blank: Effective data governance enhances well-designed tools and technologies that implement common data _______.
standards
What is the significance of managing reference and master data?
They provide the ‘source of truth’ for other systems and need to be independently managed.
