In this issue:
- Compliance Deadline: PCISA Agreement Due by November 15
Compliance Deadline: PCISA Agreement Due by November 15
UW Medicine requires all medical students to learn how to properly safeguard confidential information and comply with standards for personal accountability for data stewardship. This is an annual SOM and UW Medicine compliance requirement. All students, including concurrent degree/MSTP students and students on a leave of absence, are required to maintain compliance.
Complete the Privacy, Confidentiality and Information Security Agreement (PCISA) form by November 15, 2026.
Once done viewing the slides, click here to complete the PCISA Agreement. Please read through all points carefully before submitting.
Recap of the main points are:
- ENCRYPT your devices, never leave PHI in your car
- Watch out for phishing
- Don’t talk about patients on social media, even if you don’t mention names
- If an unencrypted device that is storing PHI is lost or stolen it is bad, very bad (UW subject to investigations, fines, lawsuits, sanctions etc.)
If you have follow-up questions on how to encrypt your devices, please reference the UW Medicine ITS Security webpage OR email SOM Academic and Learning Technologies group at somalt@uw.edu.
This link takes you to past information for MS3s.