Physician Contract Glossary · Restrictive Covenants
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information
This clause bars you from using or sharing the practice's confidential business information during and after employment.
A non-disclosure clause protects the employer's confidential information: patient lists, fee schedules, payer contracts, business strategy, proprietary processes. It typically survives termination indefinitely. Reasonable in principle, it becomes a problem when confidential is defined so broadly that it sweeps in your own general medical knowledge or the skills you would naturally carry to a new job.
Make sure the definition of confidential information excludes your general skills, training, and publicly available knowledge. An overbroad NDA can be used to claim you took something you did not.
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