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MA: Medical records discovered in dumpster

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Dissent

Laura Hutchinson reports that a passerby discovered medical files left in a dumpster. The files were from Behavioral Health Network in Springfield.

A spokesperson for BHN was reportedly surprised by the discovery:

Darcy says this shouldn’t happened because they pay to get records shredded.

“They come in and shred documents right on the premises before they take it away so confidentiality is guaranteed.  I have no idea how this could’ve happened and we’ll certainly check into it and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Read more on WWLP.

Even when you have policies in place, things can go wrong. Could what happened to BHN happen to your practice or facility? How would you even know if it wasn’t reported to you by a member of the public or news media?

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