When you’re storing hard-copy medical records in bulk with an off site storage provider, your file boxes can be labeled with their individual retention times. While stored you can check up on the status of records and their retention times, and once they expire storage providers will handle the medical record destruction. For your digtial records, EHRs (electronic health record) are used to house and manage individual EMRs, and can be configured to track the retention times for medical records. Once retention periods expire, you can configure EHR systems to delete the files automatically.