Might be, yes
Posted By: sm on 2008-09-24
In Reply to: question about gov contracts. - BZmom
The VA is extremely conscious of information security and vigilant about data protection. Some of it affects national security and all of it affects someone's identity. They respect their patients' right to privacy and have to follow more privacy laws than other healthcare entities.
This is the only way they have proof that there is no data in your machine for you to lose. If your computer is stolen or you throw it out and someone finds the patient info on your hard drive, they'll be in the newspaper and somebody will get fired. A data breach is one of the few ways to get fired from the VA.
You shouldn't worry about them doing this. Their computer people are very good. They do this regularly to their own laptops and computers.
Be glad you got the work to begin with. As a security measure, they are consolidating transcription contracts at the regional level and have banned offshoring in any form--no offshore MTs, no foreign-owned MTSOs. They are recommending returning to in-house transcription, too.
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