On April 14, 2003 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, went into effect.  This act has an impact on the handling of patient information. 

Donnegan Systems has a variety solutions to assist the physicians office in being HIPAA compliant. In the area of access and uses as defined by HIPAA: 

Access and Uses. For internal uses, a covered entity must develop and implement policies and procedures that restrict access and uses of protected health information based on the specific roles of the members of their workforce. These policies and procedures must identify the persons, or classes of persons, in the workforce who need access to protected health information to carry out their duties, the categories of protected health information to which access is needed, and any conditions under which they need the information to do their jobs.

Donnegan Systems provides security and lockability to shelving solutions.  We can add locking doors to existing shelving or cabinets.  Here is a representation of just a few examples of HIPAA compliant solutions.

Locking Doors On High Density Shelving, Locking Cabinets, Locking Rotating Cabinets

Pertinent Information regarding HIPAA can be obtained at the following sites.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Summary

Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights

Donnegan Systems can help!!