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Compliance : What is it?
I am planning to write an article on how SharePoint helps Organisations to stay compliant (and also how DocRead can help in that endeavour). Hence, I would be very grateful if you could let me know the kind of regulation, policies and procedures that your organisation has to meet and in particular which ones generally require all employees to read and confirm.
For example, in the UK we generally have to comply with all kinds of ‘laws’ such as the Data Protection Act, Bribery Act, FSA regulation, Disability Discrimination Act, and so on. However, there’s also various standards (such ISO xxx’s) that also enforce companies to operate in certain ways.
SharePoint (or add-on tooling), can generally help in most of these areas, so I think a document detailing how to achieve it would be pretty useful, I just want to make sure I cover the right areas before starting. Mark Jones.
As a semi-retired nurse, I would look into the HIPPA compliance that the entire medical field must observe. This would also include insurance and legal operations that have to maintain personal security with all patients. Also the impact of Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation (formerly JCAHO) on policies and procedures in the medical environment which includes stacks of DocRead information. Good Luck. Linda Hatch
There are a boatload of articles written which explain how SharePoint can help an organization achieve privacy compliance. The major ones in the US are HIPAA (healthcare), SOX (publicly traded), GLB (Gramm-Leach-Bliley - financial) acts or the desire to be ISO certified. The common threads are the security of private information (medical, financial account and social security numbers), creating a records system which is tamper resistant and the ability to audit the soundness of the solution. Another area to research might be GRC (Governance, Risk Management and Compliance). Company executives see GRC as an opportunity to improve processes rather than just being a compliance black hole which consumes profits and resources. Andy Sworan
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