Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 45
PRIVACY: Keep Your Remote Workers' Information Private With This Sample Document
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Article Overview
This article provides a sample internal guidance document focused on privacy, security, and acceptable-use expectations for employees working remotely. It is relevant to healthcare practices, compliance staff, managers, and information security teams that need to reduce risks associated with offsite access to sensitive patient information and other confidential data.
Why This Topic Matters
Remote work can increase privacy and security exposure, especially when employees access sensitive information outside the office. The article offers a practical policy-style template that organizations can adapt to communicate expectations, reinforce safeguards, and support consistent handling of confidential data.
What You Will Learn
- How organizations can communicate remote-work privacy and security expectations
- Common operational safeguards for offsite access to sensitive information
- Appropriate employee behaviors for protecting confidential data at home or in other remote settings
- General considerations for monitoring, printing, wireless access, and device disposal
- How a sample policy document can be used as a template for internal guidance
Who Should Read This
- Healthcare practice managers
- Privacy and compliance officers
- Information security staff
- Human resources teams
- Remote-work policy administrators
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