Question: If an employee is working with PHI away from an office location, why would that employee be taking paper from the office? Would the employee not be working with electronic information? And if so, the security login procedure should guard against unauthorized access.
Off-site access to PHI should be governed by the same policies as on-site access, I would think. Am I missing something here? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shah Rakesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: RE: Home and Offsite Use of PHI > We, as a large health plan, are utilizing employee confidentiality > statements that have been revised to include language specific to protecting > PHI in instances where employees carry it off-site to perform their regular > duties. Examples include field nurses collecting data for HEDIS studies, > employees processing claims at home, etc. All employees that do handle the > PHI offsite are being asked to sign these statements. Additionally, the > training for such employees will include a emphasis on protection of PHI > when it is off-site. > > Thanks > > Rakesh Shah > HIPAA Privacy Project Manager > PacifiCare Health Systems > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: M. Newsome [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:44 AM > > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > > Subject: Home and Offsite Use of PHI > > > > I would like to know how others are addressing home and offsite use of PHI > > for telecommuters. If anyone has any p&p's they would be willing to share > > -- > > that would be most appreciated. > > > > Please feel free to contact me off-line. > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > M. Newsome > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. 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