How to Maintain Compliance When Shredding Medical Documents
Medical documents contain a wealth of personal and sensitive information, including protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) such as demographics, financial information, diagnoses, treatment information, and more. To protect this sensitive patient information, the HIPAA Privacy Rule requires that all covered medical entities—including doctors’ offices, hospitals, walk-in clinics, pharmacies, assisted care facilities, …