Ensuring the protection of your patients' and staff members' personal data is an important responsibility for your practice or business. Particularly in fields like healthcare, sensitive documents containing personal information demand compliant handling, whether it's the storage of records or their secure disposal after the retention period. Partnering with a reputable shredding company ensures HIPAA compliance and provides the assurance that your sensitive documents are handled with the utmost security. Besides protecting privacy, hiring the services of a professional records shredding company offers other valuable benefits for your practice or business.
Increases Productivity
Many medical offices and businesses attempt to manage shredding tasks in-house, which can quickly become a n overwhelming endeavor. Feeding paper into small shredding machines is time-consuming, often permitting only small quantities at a time. The time your employees spend on these activities could be better spent on activities that generate revenue for your business.
Cost Savings
Managing shredding internally can be an expensive endeavor. Costs include purchasing shredders, buying disposal bags, maintenance on the shredders, and replacing broken equipment, to name a few.
Reducing Liability
As a healthcare provider or business handling sensitive personal information, you and your staff bear a legal obligation to uphold privacy standards governed by local, state, and federal regulations.
Partnering with a reputable shredding company ensures that the destruction of patient, staff, or customer records complies with privacy protection standards outlined in local, state, and federal laws.
Preserving Your Reputation
Your reputation as a business owner or healthcare provider is among your most valuable assets. Improper handling of records and documents containing sensitive information can result in severe consequences. Unauthorized access to such information can destroy trust between you, your patients or customers, and your staff. Privacy breaches can quickly make headline news and harm your standing within your community.
At US Med-Disposal, we are the experts at managing regulated waste for generators of all sizes. With a spotless record, we always adhere to all local, state, and federal regulatory requirements so you can feel confident knowing your shredding is being managed properly keeping you, your staff, and your patient’s confidential information safe and avoid any noncompliance fines.