Category Archives for "DocRead"

Benefits and challenges of a collaborative approach to compliance

Collaborative Compliance: Benefits, Challenges, and How to Make It Work Collaborative compliance works — but only when shared ownership is backed by a system that proves who actually read, understood, and acknowledged each policy. If you have ever faced an auditor without being able to show that the night shift saw the updated safety procedure, […]

The Difference Between Governance Infrastructure and Governance Theater

The Difference Between Governance Infrastructure and Governance Theater Most organizations don’t lack governance. They lack effective governance.On paper, everything looks solid. Policies are written. Committees exist. Tools are deployed. Dashboards are green. In practice, much of this is governance theater—activity that looks responsible but doesn’t actually control risk. The difference between governance infrastructure and governance […]

Cost Reduction Is a Leadership Skill

Cost Reduction Is a Leadership Skill Cost reduction is usually framed as a finance problem. It isn’t.Finance reports on spend. It flags overruns. It enforces budgets. But by the time costs show up on a spreadsheet, the real decisions have already been made.Cost reduction is a leadership skill—one rooted in how well leaders understand systems, […]

How DocRead Supports HIPAA Compliance in Healthcare

How DocRead Supports HIPAA Compliance in Healthcare The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare organizations and their business associates to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI). To comply, organizations must ensure staff are trained, policies are acknowledged, and breach procedures are understood.DocRead helps healthcare providers meet these obligations by distributing policies and training […]

Preparing for the next big compliance threat

Preparing for the next big compliance threatAs a compliance manager, you play a critical role in ensuring that your organization is prepared for any and all compliance threats that come its way. With the rapid pace of change in the business world and the ever-evolving landscape of regulatory requirements, staying ahead of the curve can […]

Regulatory Compliance – Information Management Policies

Regulatory Compliance – Information Management Policies Information Management Policies in SharePoint in my experience, are not used that heavily, but are an extremely easy way to apply policies to your documents. They are accessible from ‘Library Settings’ and are configurable per content type. For example, this means that all ‘documents’ in the library will have the policy applied. […]

Types of audiences that can be used by DocRead

Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. DocRead uses the SharePoint API to get the list of users that have been assigned to a DocRead audience. Because of limitations with this API DocRead audiences can only contain individual windows users, SharePoint Groups, ASP.Net roles, standard Windows security groups and SharePoint audiences. […]

Preventing Rogue Policies in the Workplace

Preventing Rogue Policies in the WorkplaceRogue policies are workplace policies that are not created or approved by management. They may also be in direct violation of corporate policy. These policies can have a negative impact on your business if not managed properly.The most common sources of rogue policies are Employees who are trying to bypass the […]

Manage Policies and Procedures in SharePoint

Manage Policies and Procedures in SharePointNo matter what size your organization, at some point you will need to ensure that certain employees read and acknowledge policies and procedure documents – for example company policies, risk assessments or employee manuals. Depending on your organization, industry and compliance regulations the list of documents can seem endless. Creating […]

Keeping track of compliance tasks for new hires in Power BI

Keeping track of compliance tasks for new hires with Power BI Ensuring all of your compliance tasks are completed on time and by the right people can be complicated. Additional complexity arises when new people join the organization, or move within it. However, as with a lot of things, a little control and planning can minimize […]