Healthcare

Data compliance and security

Consistent governance and security policies across your entire organization

Health records are the lifeblood of an organization, and keeping these secure helps you gain and maintain the trust of your patients. With evolving industry regulations, an information governance program with strong retention and disposition policies is critical to achieving your strategic goals.

As the amount of data your organization generates rapidly grows, and digital transformation initiatives gain momentum across healthcare, you need to ensure that your organization is effectively managing risk.

Iron Mountain’s 360-degree approach to compliance, privacy, and security can help your organization enhance patient care, increase clinical efficiency, and uncover new revenue streams.

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How to develop a relevant and effective information governance strategy

The AIIM community has long connected the excessive amount of information flowing into our organizations with the risk and cost it carries.

April 24, 2023

Govern health information and protect sensitive data

Isn’t stored information “out of sight, out of mind”?

Records are stored within the facility or offsite, but it’s unclear what’s in the boxes, how long to retain them, and when to dispose of them.

A policy-driven approach to information management ensures compliance with regulations, internal policies, and record retention guidelines. Iron Mountain information governance services eliminate unnecessary risks with minimal disruptions.

What about new digital initiatives, new regulations, and new risks?

Keeping up with changing regulations and implementing new security protocols is an ongoing challenge.

As an industry leader in information management and data security, we understand the risks associated with creating a single source of truth within healthcare. We help securely ingest patient-generated data, consolidate your enterprise data, and enable permissions- and role-based access to prevent both data loss and data breaches.

How do rising numbers of data breaches in the healthcare industry affect me?

The healthcare sector faces unprecedented data breaches each year, with patient data compromised in addition to rising costs of fines and penalties.

Our holistic approach to data security, privacy, and compliance helps prevent any disruptions within your organization—especially when it comes to patient care. We help you stay current with regulations, prevent threats, and help you confidently maintain control of your data.

How can I dispose of a stockpile of old, obsolete, or decommissioned IT assets?

Getting rid of old IT assets sounds simple, but does your disposition program meet compliance and patient privacy regulations

An enterprise-level asset lifecycle management (ALM) program securely removes all sensitive and protected information, protects patient privacy, and ensures your brand reputation.

$10M
Average cost of a data breach in healthcare, the highest across all industries for the 12th year in a row (IBM data breach report)
51.9M
Number of patient records breached in 2022, per the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
277
Average number of days to identify and contain a data breach, with an average cost of $4.8M (IBM data breach report)
$499
Average cost per patient record lost in 2022

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Iron Mountain Physical Content Classification Services

Like most, you have legacy inventory stored both in-house and with vendors that is not classified to your current retention schedule nor being retained according to legal, regulatory or business requirements

Data restoration and migration services

Learn how we can help you discover, migrate, and restore your data

Iron Mountain Smart Sort for healthcare

You need to sort and reorganize your records inventory to make defensible decisions on disposition. Unfortunately, this is not as simple as it sounds.

We make it easy to get started.

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Why Iron Mountain?

We have the experience and expertise to streamline your organisation while keeping your business, clinical, and patient data safe—and secure. We are proud to partner with healthcare organisations like yours. Together, we elevate the power of your work.

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