Department:               UW Medicine Information Technology Services

 

Policy Number:

SEC-05.02 – Wireless Networking Standard

 

Effective Date:           June 11th, 2007

 

Review Date:             April 27th, 2007

 

 

Purpose

This standard describes how wireless technologies are to be deployed, administered and supported within UW Medicine[1]. 

 

Definitions

See SEC-REF UW Medicine Security Program Glossary of Terms.

 

 

Standard

Devices that use wireless technology to access wireless networks at UW Medicine must comply with requirements of the Remote Access Standard.  Please see UW Medicine Information Security Policy, SEC-05 – Communications Operations Management Policy
 

·        All applications accessed using remote technologies must follow the protocols of the UW Medicine Communication Technology Committee and the UW Medicine Information Security Policy, SEC-05.03 – Encryption Standard.

 

Wireless Technology Administration

·        UW Medicine Entity Clinical Engineering has the final authority for the assignment of frequency.

·        In an event that a wireless data device interferes with other equipment, UW Medicine Entity Clinical Engineering Director or IT Services Information Security Director shall take appropriate technical or administrative steps to resolve the interference.

·        Report any unusual events from wireless network to the IT Services Help Desk.

 

 

References:

 

I.                    45 CFR Part 164; Section 164.310 (b) Workstation Use, (c) Workstation Security

II.                  45 CFR Part 164; Section 164.312 (e) Technical Safeguards

 

III.                ISO/IEC 17799 Section 9.8, Remote Computing

 

 

 

UW Medicine IT Services:                                                                   Date:                      

                                                James S. Fine, M.D., CIO, ISO


[1]For the purposes of HIPAA, UW Medicine includes the following entities: University of Washington Medical Center and Clinics; Harborview Medical Center and Clinics; UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics (University of Washington Physicians Network); UW Physicians Sports Medicine Clinic; Hall Health Primary Care Center; University of Washington Physicians, UW Medicine Eastside Specialty Center; as well as certain services and activities that support UW Medicine that are performed by non-healthcare components of the University of Washington as defined within Privacy Policy PP-01 Use & Disclosure of Protected Health Information – Organizational Requirements.  UW School of Medicine and University of Washington Health Care Components are subject to the UW Medicine Information Security Program.