Caredove users play an important part of managing information security and privacy. At Caredove, we put in technical safeguards to make the data secure, but you have permissions that grant you access to sensitive information that you need to keep secure too.
PHI deserves the utmost dedication to privacy.
Due to the confidential nature of personal health information, it has to be treated with caution. As such, steps should be taken to ensure that privacy is a top priority and automatic deletion helps accomplish that.
Retaining PHI for longer periods of time increases risk.
The longer information is retained, the greater number of people who may come in contact with it. Once it has served its purpose, data should be deleted.
Automatic deletion ensures consistent data removal.
Automating the deletion process ensures that the data is deleted regularly, consistently, and effectively. By removing the human element, this process can continue regardless of who is on vacation, if calendar reminders get deleted, etc.
Note: Organization administrators are able to change the PHI retention period.
For more Privacy related information, please refer to our Privacy Policy or to Legal.