Tenet recognizes the ever growing daily use of social media to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues. We respect our employees’ use of social media so long as it does not interfere with work or creates potential harm to others, including patients, their families, Tenet employees, and persons who interact with Tenet. Employees are asked not to use work time to update or monitor social media sites unless that activity is part of the employee’s job duties. HR assists with investigating inappropriate use of social media, reviews reports with information systems, and supports supervisors with corrective actions.
- Report violations or potential issues to Administration, Information Privacy Security Office and HR
- Apply appropriate corrective action with employees
- Monitor Tenet Intranet social postings
- Provide reports to HR
- Assist with removal of inappropriate content that violates policy
- Employees cannot publish any content related to patients and patient care on any site (public or internal).
- Employees must gain approval from Tenet Entity administration before setting up a site and final approval must be received from Home Office Corporate Communications (remember: use of the Tenet or Tenet Entity name, logo or photographs is not permitted without Communications Center’s prior written approval).
- No. Employees cannot provide medical or health advice on any site (public or internal).
- Yes, depending on what it is. Employees should be accurate and honest in posts about Tenet and comply with Tenet confidentiality and privacy policies, and all applicable laws, including HIPAA.
- Allowed
- Public information about business or financial developments
- Not Allowed
- Non-public information about business or financial information
- Confidential or non-public information about Tenet or companies that Tenet does business with (e.g., vendors)
- Tenet’s proprietary information
* Strongly discouraged. The “friending” of patients on sites is not advisable and staff in patient care roles generally should not initiate or accept friend requests. Friendships that pre-dates the treatment relationship is acceptable.
- Strongly discouraged. Sending a “friend” request of an employee that a manager or supervisor has direct oversight over is not advisable. However, managers and supervisors may accept friend requests if initiated by the employee, if it will not negatively impact the work relationship.