American Health Enterprises

1.  AHE information technology and telecommunications products, equipment, and services may not be used for activities other than approved business. AHE's Internet Usage Policy authorizes personal use of the internet at de minimis expense to the facility, however some uses are strictly prohibited. Prohibitions include, but are not limited to: (a) using resources to earn outside income or for private gain; and (b) using resources for activities which are inappropriate or offensive to co-workers or the public, including accessing and/or transmitting sexually explicit materials or remarks.

2.  Employees will not reveal their user account password to others or allow the use of their user account by others. This includes co-workers or family members.

3.  Employees will store their data files on the network as opposed to local storage devices (e.g. desktop, flash drives, etc.). Privacy issues prohibit the transporting of facility protected information on removable media.

4.  All passwords are maintained by the IT department. Employees will not change their passwords that allow access to e-mail, network systems, and the internet. Employees will log out of the network when leaving the workstation for more than a very brief period. Employees will not change any screensaver security settings. At the end of each workday, each employee will log out and shut off their PC, including any peripheral IT equipment.

5.  Employees will not use internet access to log into and/or use personal e-mail accounts, Instant Messaging (IM) services or social networking sites from facility computers. Personal e-mail accounts, Instant Messaging services, and social networking sites include, but are not limited to, e-mail, webmail or IM services provided by private/commercial companies such as AOL, Prodigy, Microsoft, and Yahoo or social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.

6.  Employees will not use any facility computing resources to participate in or pursue memberships in any internet-based discussion groups, news groups, subscription services or similar activities without prior authorization from the IT department.

7.  Employees will not bring personal software or digital electronic equipment to the facility with an intent to make use of facility resources (i.e. connecting personal digital camera to work computer, installing software and downloading pictures).

8.  Employees will not install or download software programs from any source, including software provided by vendors, the internet, compact disks (CDs) or diskette. Software programs refer to applications or executable files either commercially available or free. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial software packages, shareware programs, unauthorized screen savers, free utilities, browser plug-ins, etc.

9.  Employees will not provide their work e-mail account in any non-work-related communications. This includes registering on websites, sending greeting cards, ordering on-line, etc.) If you require an additional e-mail address, contact the IT department for assistance.

10.  Employees who require access to instant messaging or social networking websites for work-related purposes or assisting residents, may use the resident computer lab. Please note that other points of the computer usage policy apply to employee use of the resident computer lab.