Copy machines, fax machines and scanners now contain hard drives — like computer hard drives — that store images of all the pages of information that ever ran through the machines, according to the Baudino Law Group.
The Des Moines, Iowa, law firm said after a copy machine was disposed by a New York-based managed care plan, the plan had to notify three state agencies, federal authorities and more than 400,000 members of a breach of protected health information under HIPAA.
When disposed, repaired or exchanged, patient information on these machines’ hard drives needs to be scrubbed by a vendor, according to a report by CBS News. The Baudino Law Group also suggests encrypting the devices or destroying the hard drive before disposal.
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