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Privacy Disclosure &
Policies
As our patient, you have the right to know how your private, confidential
healthcare and personal information is being protected. Below are
the methods in which we secure your information confidentially in
accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPPA).
In-Office Security: The notes that are taken during
appointments are kept in your chart and are secured in our clinic.
If patient charts are in public area, they are kept with the names
covered. Access to this office is limited to practitioners, employees,
medical student preceptors and supervised guests.
Public Interaction: Should we see you socially, by
coincidence or intent, we will not acknowledge how we are acquainted
unless you infer consent through introduction, etc. It is our preference
to discuss your health in the office setting only to protect your
privacy and ensure that important information is kept in your chart.
Consultations: We consult with other healthcare practitioners
and clinical/laboratory specialists while working on patient cases
and treatment plans. These conversations and transfers of information
by phone, in person, by fax or email are confidential and names are
not used unless necessary and consent is provided from you either
verbally or in writing.
Records Released: Your confidential healthcare information is private
and cannot be copied and shared with anyone else without your written,
signed consent. In some cases, if time does not permit, your verbal
approval may be accepted after proper identification is acquired.
Copies of released records are sent by mail or fax and are accompanied
by a Confidential Patient Information Cover Sheet if faxed. |
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