OTNhub Telederm: Privacy and Security Best Practices

At Ontario Health, we want to help you build a successful Teledermatology practice. Review these privacy and security tips—they can complement the privacy and security policies, procedures, and training that you follow at your organization or within your own practice.

Using Telederm

• Ensure you attach only relevant images to the case. Ontario Health recommend that you capture images in real time. When logged into Telederm, images taken in real-time are uploaded directly to a patient case.
  • If you must select an image from an existing library on your device – double-check that it is the correct image, as this could potentially impact a diagnosis or treatment plan.
  • Do not save patient images on your device.
  • After attaching an image to the case, delete it from your device’s library.
• Ensure your device is encrypted and password protected. If it is not already the default, consider encrypting the data on your device.

Mobile Device Privacy and Security Considerations

Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices have become a fact of life in many health care settings. Due to their small size, portability and “always-on” connectivity, mobile devices are becoming the preferred tool for conducting business. However, the same characteristics that make handheld devices so convenient and easy to use, introduce additional risk concerns. For example, a smartphone can be easily lost or misplaced and end up in the wrong hands. Unless properly secured, the personal information stored on the phone will be available to anyone who uses the phone.

For more information on how to keep mobile devices secure, view Secure Your Data on Your Mobile Device.