When medical equipment reaches the end of its useful life, what happens to the data stored in it? Is it erased before the equipment leaves your premises? It should be.
Any patient data that goes out the door in those devices qualifies as a breach under HIPAA as soon as it leaves your property.
3. Disposal:
Broken or outdated
devices that are thrown
away, sold or donated
for parts or refurbishing.
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4. Loaners:
Devices that are loaned
by a manufacturer or
service provider for a
limited time.
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5. Trials:
โLatest and greatestโ
devices provided by
the manufacturer for
a trial run.
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6. Secure Data Erase
Patient data
that goes out
the door in
those devices
= HIPAA
violation
7. 1. Get clinical engineering involved
(a.k.a. biomed department) to ensure
patient data is erased properly in all
equipment leaving your facility.
8. 2. Have a signed Certificate of Destruction
for each device leaving your
premises, documenting all patient
data on that system was destroyed.
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