Armstrong Archives

MARCH 25, 2020

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created standards for the storage and disposal of protected health information (PHI). Healthcare providers and businesses must comply with the HIPAA not only to obey the law and protect confidential patient information, but also to costly fines and lawsuits.

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Armstrong Archives

JULY 9, 2021

In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established a set of regulations involving the storage of and destruction of protected health information (PHI). When it comes to keeping medical records, many providers choose to store paper records at their practice or on an offsite storage location.

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Armstrong Archives

JULY 9, 2021

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was created to set forth national standards for electronic health care transactions. Subsequently, additional rules have been published under HIPAA which set further standards for the handling and safeguarding of protected health information (PHI).

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We have decades of experience in the safe storage, scanning, and shredding of our clients’ important documents. This creates the challenge of how to bridge the gap between paper and digital records and what this transition should look like. We are a premier provider of complete records management services.

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Armstrong Archives

JULY 26, 2018

Every healthcare provider in the country must abide by strict Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. The list of HIPAA regulations is long, with many opportunities for mistakes and violations. Errors dealing with protected health information (PHI) are the most common HIPAA violations.

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Armstrong Archives

JUNE 28, 2022

Even though most pediatricians now use encrypted electronic medical records, many still maintain older patient files in paper form. To ensure the security of patients’ PHI and maintain HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance, many physicians try to store their patients’ paper files onsite in a spare office or closet.

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