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Why is degaussing the best data destruction for HIPAA Compliance?

Written by Garner Products, Inc. | Wed, Jun 9, 2021

Imagine holding a letter in your hands that says that a hard drive containing your private, protected health information has gone missing. INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Inc., sent such a letter in September 2020.  On October 17, 2019 they learned that a portable hard drive containing patient information went missing during an on-campus office move. Information on the hard drive included patient names, social security numbers, and clinical information regarding care