“A lot of healthcare organizations figure their mission in life is to treat people and get them well, it’s really not about patient data security,” Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, told InformationWeek Healthcare. But, of course, it is about patient data security too – and that was his point. Ponemon was discussing the 2011 Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security by Ponemon Institute. One of the most significant findings was that data breaches have …
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For sure, many businesses are required to keep a variety of records and documents for a minimum amount of time, usually seven years. But the answer really depends on the industry you are in and the legal requirements and privacy laws that pertain to the information. Also, laws and requirements can differ by state and country. For organizations in the healthcare field Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, (HIPAA), requires appropriate safeguards to protect privacy of information for as long …
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Has your business ever been asked to prove that certain documents no longer exist? It can happen… and the best way to provide proof would be to pull out an official certificate of destruction verifying exactly when and where document destruction occurred. Of course, destroying documents that are no longer needed is a very important part of compliance with privacy rules and legislation. And, in North America, there’s a lot of them. In the United States, for example, the Health …
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