Private Practice - Storing Documents in HIPAA Compliant Manner

[deleted1129370]

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I am curious as to what others do/have done regarding storing notes, reports, testing data, etc. in a HIPAA-compliant manner if you've opened up your own private practice. How do you ensure it's appropriately archived for the required 6-7 years?

 

[WisNeuro]

Encrypted PW protected removable drives after I scan everything. Make sure you have more than one drive for redundancy.

 

[deleted1129370]

Encrypted PW protected removable drives after I scan everything. Make sure you have more than one drive for redundancy.

Do you recommend a brand, style, etc?

 

[WisNeuro]

I like my scansnap scanner, about $500, but fast, accurate, and dependable. For removable drives, doesn't really matter as long as it's a reliable brand. Removable drives are cheap these days. You can get terabyte drives for dirt cheap. It's enough for several years of scanned reports, notes, protocols, etc.

 

[WisNeuro]

I've heard of some people having only cloud storage, but it would make me nervous to not have my own copy of that data on a physical drive that I owned.

 

[deleted1129370]

I like my scansnap scanner, about $500, but fast, accurate, and dependable. For removable drives, doesn't really matter as long as it's a reliable brand. Removable drives are cheap these days. You can get terabyte drives for dirt cheap. It's enough for several years of scanned reports, notes, protocols, etc.

Sounds good. I appreciate it.

I've heard of some people having only cloud storage, but it would make me nervous to not have my own copy of that data on a physical drive that I owned.

Yeah I am too paranoid to have peoples' PHI in a cloud storage.