Physical records breaches such as paper charts, paper lab reports are usually the result of carelessness.

Theft of ePHI gets all the news reports because it usually involves far more records. But theft of paper records is also widespread and is usually more targeted for specific people and information.

Patient charts, lab results, faxes, and superbills are the examples of?

Proper care must be given when disposing of paper charts. They must be thrown away to secluded place where people rarely go.

“Paper, film, or other hard copy media have been shredded or destroyed such that the PHI cannot be read or otherwise cannot be reconstructed. Redaction is specifically excluded as a means of data destruction.”

Faxes sent to the wrong practice is not considered breaches of paper charts.

____________ are the hard copy PHI that are in your office.

Breaches of paper charts include the following except one: