These Are The Top Three Ways You Restore Your Medical Documents After Water Damage

9/5/2022 (Permalink)

The world of medicine is ever-changing, and as medical technologies see rapid growth and advancement, many records are stored digitally. Even if you have hard copies of medical records in your Belle Meade medical office, you still want to ensure the confidentiality and safekeeping of these documents to comply with HIPAA laws. When water damage, or any natural disaster for that matter, takes hold of your medical office, you wouldn’t want just anybody to help you restore such critical documents. You would reach out to the trusted restoration experts at SERVPRO of Belle Meade and West Nashville. With our knowledge of privacy law compliance and expertise in restoring your commercial property to pre-disaster condition, you won’t go wrong calling the pros at SERVPRO!

Rule of Three: What Are The Top Three Ways You Can Restore Medical Documents After Water Damage?

First things first: extreme caution MUST be taken to ensure the water damage doesn’t destroy your office’s medical documents. While our team is trained to prevent additional damage from tearing apart these documents, some documents may not be able to be restored, depending on the severity of the damage. 

• Air drying documents is one restoration option. This is where documents are moved to a completely dry area after using air movers and dehumidifiers to remove moisture from the air, an essential step post-water damage. 
• Stabilizing water-damaged documents is another way to speed up the drying process: When medical records are frozen to about minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, you are preventing mold damage AND have a better chance of restoring these documents. 
• On the other hand, vacuum thermal drying is shorter than freeze drying your medical documents, but of course, this all depends on how much water crept into your documents. This process involves drying your documents with warm air of about 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Learn more about some of our best practices when restoring medical records here. 

Restoration Vs. Replacement: How Can We Restore Your Medical Documents Post Water Damage?

• Restoration, the final step of the water damage restoration process, is the series of steps it takes to restore your Belle Meade commercial property to its preloss condition. This can involve minor repairs such as replacing carpet and drywall or major repairs such as the full-scale reconstruction of your business. 
• At SERVPRO, we are big believers in restoration over replacement! It costs significantly more to replace all your items and documents when the end goal is to cut costs while maximizing efficiency. Not only that, but restoration allows you to preserve your precious keepsakes and vital records that no amount of replacing can do. 
• We offer a host of contents restoration services, including:

• Move-Outs and Pack-Outs
• Electronic Cleanup
• Dry Cleaning
• Immersion Cleaning
• And more!

Being locally owned and operated, we know the ins and outs of Belle Meade and the greater Nashville area. We arrive on the scene like clockwork when you call us at a moment’s notice because we know water damage waits for nothing and no one. We bring high-quality service that is difficult to find elsewhere, and we do it with compassion. If you need us to mitigate your water damage emergency, contact us at (615) 242-9391. We also work with your insurance company! This franchise is independently owned and operated.