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Great HIPAA article by Ross Armstrong in ComputerWorld written from a record-handling and storage POV:

Securing access to stored information — as well as ensuring data availability — puts considerable pressure on health care IT to conform to HIPAA requirements. It also presents an opportunity to establish best practices that will serve the organization for years to come.

While compliance is usually a cost center, it still can be combined with practices and procedures that can save your organization money in the long run by streamlining operations and by mandating such things as a Disaster Recovery Plan.