Printing PHI to Shared Printers

Most clinic operations direct print jobs to printers contained in secured areas, like keycard protected consultation rooms or designated staff-only work areas. On occasion, it is necessary to print information from Compulink to printers in unrestricted areas, such as the shared multi-function devices on the first, second, and third floor of the wedge. During recent routine HIPAA Privacy walkthroughs, unprotected PHI has been discovered on shared printers in the wedge. Please be mindful that it is imperative to retrieve these HIPAA protected documents from a shared printer expeditiously to limit unauthorized HIPAA exposure.