Medical Documents

Why Medical Facilities Need Professional Shredding Services

6 Reasons Medical Facilities Need Professional Shredding

April 27, 2024

In the healthcare industry, maintaining patient confidentiality and safeguarding sensitive information are paramount. Medical facilities handle many confidential documents daily, ranging from patient records and billing information to research data and employee files. Medical facilities must invest in professional shredding services to protect this sensitive data and comply with privacy regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Continue reading to learn more from the team at Shred Monkey.

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Follow HIPAA Compliance Laws with Medical Record Shredding

Follow HIPAA Compliance Laws with Medical Record Shredding

June 23, 2022

If you work at a healthcare facility, you are certainly aware of HIPAA laws and how they protect personal information. Since 1996, protected health information, or PHI, has been safeguarded under these laws. Eventually, all of the physical documents you have on file will need to be properly disposed of. In this article, the team at Shred Monkey will discuss the medical record shredding process.

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Medical Records

Your Guide to Medical Records Shredding

October 8, 2019

Protecting the privacy of patients’ health information and medical records is a major priority for the healthcare industry, not just because of the rising numbers of data breaches, but also because of laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which  impose hefty fines if privacy is not maintained. Because of this, medical offices are looking for strategies and services to help their medical practice recognize what records need shredding, when they should be destroyed, and the benefits to utilizing a professional shredding service like Shred Monkey.

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