Confidentiality

As an employee of Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), you are entrusted with confidential information of all types. With this trust comes the responsibility and obligation to ensure that the information is used only for its intended purpose. Because patients and family members place a tremendous amount of trust in us, we face ever increasing scrutiny of the measures we take to ensure confidentiality. Any misuse of confidential information or violations of our confidentiality policies could destroy our patient's trust in us, and impact our employee's ability to do their jobs.

Virtually every department and unit must be held to the utmost of security and confidentiality. And while most employees do not have access to all information, all information obtained and handled as part of every job done in our institution must be considered to be confidential. Thus the responsibility to acknowledge and maintain information security and confidentiality applies to all employees and volunteers.

In fact, everyone who begins work in our institution is required to sign a Confidentiality Statement. By signing the form the employee agrees not to disclose, or discuss, confidential information with anyone unless administratively approved and necessary during the course and scope of his/her employment. We have the same expectations for physicians, business partners, and any other person working for us in or out of the Medical Center.