Posted By: my2cents on 2008-07-06
In Reply to: Hospital Disabling Internet Access for MT's - SS

It is legal if you are logged onto their system through a VPN.  Some hospitals are so paranoid that their PHI is going to leak out onto the internet.  You can either have a laptop beside you to use that is not logged onto the VPN or ask for a different account.  I just choose not to work on those type of clients.

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