RISK OF USING EMAIL. Risks to consider include but are not limited to:
a) Email can be circulated, forwarded, stored, printed, and broadcast to unintended recipients.
b) Email senders can misaddress an email.
c) Backup copies of email may exist even after the sender or the recipient has deleted his or her copy.
d) Queen's University has the right to inspect email transmitted through their systems.
e) Email can be intercepted, altered, forwarded, or used without authorization or detection.
f) Email can be used to introduce viruses
RISK OF USING EMAIL. E-mail can be circulated, forwarded, and stored in numerous papers and electronic files. E-mail can be immediately broadcast worldwide and be received by many intended and unintended recipients. • E-mail senders can easily misaddress an e-mail, or e-mail may inadvertently be delivered to a spam folder or unintended mailbox. • E-mail is easier to falsify than handwritten or signed documents. • Backup copies of e-mail may exist even after the sender, or the recipient has deleted his or her copy. • Employers and on-line services have the right to archive and inspect e-mails transmitted through their systems. • E-mail can be intercepted, altered, forwarded, or used without authorization or detection. E-mail can be used to introduce viruses into computer systems. • E-mail can be used as evidence in court.
RISK OF USING EMAIL. Transmitting patient information by Email has a number of risks that patients should consider before using Email. These include, but are not limited to, the following risks:
a. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) recommends that email that contains protected health information be encrypted. Email sent from Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx and the Practice is not encrypted, so Email may not be secure. Therefore it is possible that a third party may breach the confidentiality of such communications.
b. Email can be circulated, forwarded, stored electronically and on paper, and broadcast to unintended recipients.
c. Email senders can easily misaddress an Email.
d. Email is easier to falsify than handwritten or signed documents.
e. Backup copies of Email may exist even after the sender or the recipient has deleted his or her copy.
f. Employers and on-line services have a right to inspect Email transmitted through their systems.
g. Email can be intercepted, altered, forwarded, or used without authorization or detection.
h. Email can be used to introduce viruses into computer systems.
i. Practice server could go down and Email would not be received until the server is back on-line.
j. Email can be used as evidence in court.
RISK OF USING EMAIL. Transmitting patient information by email has a number of risks that patients should consider. These include, but are not limited to the following risks: Email can be circulated, forwarded and stored electronically and on paper Email can be immediately broadcast worldwide and be received by unintended recipients Email senders can easily misaddress an email Backup copies of email may exist even after the sender or the recipient has deleted his or her copy. Employers and online services have a right to archive and inspect emails transmitted through their systems Email can be intercepted, altered, forwarded, or used without authorization or detection Email can be used to introduce viruses into computer systems
