Whether you are a hospital, part of an independent doctors’ network, or a solo healthcare practitioner, the requirements and obligations regarding the collection, maintenance, and eventual destruction of personal and confidential medical information are significant. The loss or mishandling of any of that information can result in fines, penalties, and even the loss of license. Medical shredding services for healthcare facilities help tackle these issues at the root.
Why do you need HIPAA compliant shredding service?
Despite everyone’s best efforts, 56% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach, with 29% stating a breach occurred in the past 12 months. All this due to lack of secure healthcare document shredding.
To prevent identity theft, and or lawsuits for improper handling of PHI, shredding medical records and media is crucial to safeguard your patients confidentiality. Let’s not forget that the reputation of your medical facility also depends on how you treat your patients.
Source: Stericycle, Data Protection Report, 2021.
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HIPAA Compliant Medical Shredding Services for Healthcare Facilities
Protecting your confidential information isn’t just a best practice; it’s the law!
Like most industries that work with private and confidential information, the healthcare sector is heavily regulated and governed. And laws designed to protect identities, medical information, financial data, and personal privacy come with strict rules – and heavy fines for violating them. We can help you stay compliant.
In addition to your industry regulations governing information privacy, here are a few of the key information security laws that also apply:
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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
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Privacy Act
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Governs how private sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information. The act requires organizations to adopt secure physical destruction of personal information to safeguard against any loss, theft, or unauthorized access.
Privacy Act
Extend the present laws of Canada that protect the privacy of individuals concerning the personal information held by a government institution. It ensures government institutions dispose of any personal information safely that accordance with guidelines.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive privacy and data protection law that applies to any organization that processes or collects data of European Union (EU) citizens or residents. The GDPR establishes privacy rights for individuals, as well as requirements to protect against unauthorized, accidental, and/or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, access to personal data.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted to protect investors by requiring the implementation of controls to help prevent fraudulent accounting and financial practices at publicly traded companies, which includes the secure retention and appropriate disposal of financial documentation.
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Governs how private sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information. The act requires organizations to adopt secure physical destruction of personal information to safeguard against any loss, theft, or unauthorized access.
Privacy Act
Extend the present laws of Canada that protect the privacy of individuals concerning the personal information held by a government institution. It ensures government institutions dispose of any personal information safely that accordance with guidelines.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive privacy and data protection law that applies to any organization that processes or collects data of European Union (EU) citizens or residents. The GDPR establishes privacy rights for individuals, as well as requirements to protect against unauthorized, accidental, and/or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, access to personal data.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted to protect investors by requiring the implementation of controls to help prevent fraudulent accounting and financial practices at publicly traded companies, which includes the secure retention and appropriate disposal of financial documentation.
Learn to recognize the risks.
In healthcare, it’s a safe bet that every document you or your employees handle contains some form of confidential information. Whether it’s patient records or pharmacy reports, or your own financial reports and billing data, you have a lot of information to secure.
If you create, collect, or dispose of these types of documents, you and your organization could be at-risk for an information breach.
- Patient Insurance Information
- Payroll and HR records
- Supplier contracts
- Medicaid/ACA Information
- Financial Statements
- Tax Filings and Internal Audits
- Medical Invoices and Payments
- Balance Sheets
- Staff Schedules and Contact Info
- X-rays and MRI Files
- Income Statements
- Social Security Numbers
Why Choose Shred-it as Your Go-to Paper Shredding Service?
Shred-it protects organizations' information for their people, customers and brands through secure shredding. With 30 years of experience, our primary focus on document confidentiality and security helps ensure your confidential information remains confidential. We offer paper, hard drive, and specialty scheduled shredding services for all forms of secure records and important documents. As a leader in the secure data destruction industry, we’re ready for you to provide us with the sensitive documents that you need us to shred or purge.
Service Reliability
With the largest paper shredding fleet and the largest service footprint in North America, we are where you are.
Security Expertise
With the most NAID AAA certified mobile/on-site and plant-based shredder facilities, we keep your sensitive information safe.
Customer Experience
With the highest customer satisfaction among all vendors, we are 100% committed to your protection and satisfaction.
Vulnerable Businesses Risk Losing More than Just Money
73% of small business leaders and 94% of consumers surveyed are concerned about data breaches in the future.
Yet, only 60% say they are proactive when it comes to data and information protection leaving many businesses vulnerable.
1. Stericycle, Shred-it Data Protection Report, 2023.
The 2023 Data Protection Report reveals perceptions of the current regulatory landscape and barriers to compliance, as well as assesses the demand for assistance from external information security partners.