Compliance/Confidentiality
Agreement & Acknowledgement
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. “Confidential Information” includes any information, regardless of the manner
in which is communicated or maintained, created or received by
Hospital that falls into one or more of the following categories:
Protected Health Information: Information relating to the past, present or
future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of
health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the
provision of health care to an individual. Protected Health Information includes
demographic information, e.g., address, telephone number, employer, date of
birth, next of kin, identification numbers.
Business Operations Information: Information relating to
Hospital’s business operations, including but not limited to financial and
statistical records, strategic plans, internal reports, memos, contracts, pricing,
staffing levels supplier information, remote site information, peer review
information, communications, proprietary computer programs, source code, and
proprietary technology.
Third Party Information: Information belonging to a third party utilized by
the third party, including but not limited to computer programs, client and vendor
proprietary information source code, and proprietary technology.
2. “Use” means, with respect to Confidential Information, accessing, reviewing,
employing, applying, utilizing, examining, or analyzing such information, or
sharing or discussing such information with other members of
Hospital’s workforce.
3. “Disclose” means, with respect to confidential information, release, transfer,
provision of access to, or divulging in any other manner such information to a
person or entity who is not a member of
4. “Computer Systems” includes computer files, computer hard drives, local area
network, wide area network, mainframe, electronic mail, internet access, intranet
access, electronic medical records, and electronic order entry.
In performing your job duties, you may receive or create Confidential Information. As a condition of and in consideration of your receipt of Confidential Information, you agree to the following:
1. You understand that you have no right or ownership interest in any Confidential
Information which you may receive.
and for any reason, revoke your password, access code, or any other
authorization you have that allows you to receive Confidential Information in any
form. You understand that your obligations under this Agreement will continue
after termination of your relationship (employment or otherwise) with Edwards
to periodic review, revision, and if appropriate, renewal.
2. You shall use and disclose Confidential Information only to the extent necessary
to perform your assigned job duties. Such use and disclosure shall be in a
manner consistent with applicable policies and procedures. Your use or
disclosure of Confidential Information for any reason other than the
performance of your assigned job duties or your failure to conform to applicable
policies and procedures shall constitute misuse of Confidential Information.
You understand that any misuse of Confidential Information may be grounds for
discipline (up to and including termination of your employment or other
relationship with
against you.
3.
for whom it provides services. To fulfill its commitment,
Hospital prohibits members of its workforce from disclosing protected health
information to any person except as needed to perform your specific job duties.
You shall not engage in casual conversations concerning the fact that a person is
or has been a patient of
relating to such persons, e.g., diagnosis, procedures, outcome, payment.
4. If you have any question concerning whether your assigned job duties permit you
to use or disclose certain Confidential Information in a particular manner, you
shall bring the matter to your supervisor for direction. If you have any question
concerning the application of a particular policy or procedure to a particular use
your supervisor for direction.
5. You shall appropriately safeguard Confidential Information so as to prevent any
inappropriate use or disclosure of such information. If you have reason to believe
the confidentiality of information may have been compromised, you shall report
such concerns to your supervisor as soon as possible.
6. In performing your job responsibilities, you shall not knowingly include or cause
to be included in any record or report a false, inaccurate, or misleading entry.
Nor shall you make or cause to be made any false, inaccurate, or misleading
statement to any person. If you become aware of false, inaccurate, or misleading
information contained in any record or report, or a false, inaccurate, or misleading
statement, you shall report the matter to your supervisor and cooperate in taking
all steps necessary to correct the record, report, or statement pursuant to Edwards
7. You shall comply with
concerning the alteration, deletion, or destruction of Confidential Information in
any form. If you have any question concerning such policies and procedures,
you shall bring the matter to your supervisor for direction. If you have any
reason to believe such policies and procedures have been violated, you shall
report such concerns to your supervisor as soon as possible.
8. You understand that
its computer systems are accessed. You understand that any action you take in
these computer systems may be tagged with your unique identifier as established
in your user profile, and such actions may be traced back to you.
9. You shall safeguard and shall not disclose to any person your computer password,
access code, or any other authorization you have that allows you to access
activities undertaken using your password, access code, and other authorization,
and you shall be responsible for any misuse or wrongful disclosure of
Confidential Information resulting from the use of your password, access code, or
authorization. You shall not utilize any other person’s computer password,
access code, or any other authentication to access any computer system. If you
have reason to believe the security of your computer password, access code, or
any authorization you have that allows you to access to
Hospital’s computer systems has been compromised, you shall report such concerns
to your supervisor as soon as possible.
10. You shall respect the ownership of proprietary software. For example, you shall
not make unauthorized copies of any software for your own use, even if the
software is not physically protected against copying, nor shall you operate
any non-licensed software on any computer provided by
Hospital.