How does HIPPA affect the way we shred documents?

Answer:

Patient Health Information (PHI) destruction is an essential part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. To be compliant with the HIPAA requires that all forms of PHI are truly obliterated.

The most convenient and effective way of being HIPAA compliant, with regards to paper documents that contain PHI is document shredding. The Department of Defense has even set standard shred sizes to 1/32" by 7/16" to be considered D.O.D approved.

Home Paper Shredders - Light and Portable
Office Paper Shredders - Cuts Several Sheets at a Time
High Volume Paper Shredders - High Volume - High Speed
Cardboard Shredders - Space Saver, Filler
CD Shredders - Create unreadable plastic
Industrial Paper Shredders - High Volume - Speed
DOD - High Security Paper Shredders - Fine Shredding

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