Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Your Rights
- Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record
- As us to correct your medical record
- Request confidential communications
- Ask us to liimt what we use or share
- Get a list of those with whom we've shared information
- Get a copy of this privacy notice
- Choose someone to act for you
- File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated
Your Choices
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:
- Share information with your family, close friends or others involved in your care
- Share information in a disaster relief situation
- Include your information in a hosital directory
- Contact you for fundraising efforts
In these cases we never share your information unless you give us written permission:
- Marketing purposes
- Sale of your information
- Most sharing of physiiotherrapy notes
Our Uses and Disclosures
We typically use or share your health information in the follwoing ways:
- Treat you
- Run our organization
- Bill for your services
- Help with public health and safety issues
- Do research
- Comply with the law
- Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
- Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
- Address workers' compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
- Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
Our Responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain privacy and security of your protected health information.
We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
We must follow the duties and privacy described in this notice and give you a copy of it.
We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.
Change to Terms of This Notice
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our web site.