Medical Shredding Services for Healthcare Facilities
You take care of your patients. We’ll take care of protecting your and their information.
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.
HIPAA Compliant Medical Shredding Services for Healthcare Facilities
Protecting your confidential information isn’t just good business, 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:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established federal standards for the protection of patients' Protected Health Information (PHI), either in physical or digital forms.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was enacted to help strengthen the privacy and security provisions of HIPAA by extending the reach of the Security Rule to Business Associates of Covered Entities. The Act also established tougher penalties for non-compliance with HIPAA.
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
The goal of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) is to enhance consumer protections against identity theft. The best-known aspect of the Act is the establishment of free annual access to credit reports by consumers. However, the Act also requires the preservation and proper disposal of sensitive and personal data to protect against unauthorized access or misuse.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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.
If you create, collect, or dispose of these types of documents, you and your organization could be at risk for an information breach.
- Personal Customer Information
- Credit Reports
- Income and Employment Records
- Financial Statements
- Contracts
- Social Security Numbers
- Financial Reports
- Loan Applications
- Balance Sheets
- Tax Filings and Internal Audits
- Bank Statements
- Development Plans and Forecasts
- Personal Financial Statements
- Payroll
- Marketing Materials
- Product brochures