Notice of Privacy Practices
本通知描述如何使用您的医疗信息
和披露以及如何获得这些信息
PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY.
如果您对此通知有任何疑问, 请联络本通告末尾所列的设施私隐主任.
关于医疗信息的承诺: 我们理解您的医疗信息是个人信息. 我们致力于保护您的医疗信息. Your personal doctor may have different policies or notices regarding the doctor's use and disclosure of your medical information in the doctor's office or clinic.
This Notice will tell about the ways in which the Facility may use your medical information and disclose your medical information to others outside the Facility. The law requires the Facility to:
- 确保识别您身份的医疗信息保密;
- 告知您我们在您的医疗信息方面的法律责任和隐私惯例;
- Follow the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect; and
- 如果您的医疗信息受到泄露影响,将通知您.
Who Will Follow This Notice: 工厂及其所有场所和地点均应遵守本通知的条款. 以下人员也将遵守本通知的条款:
- 设施的所有员工、承包商、志愿者和其他代理(“授权人员”).
- 授权医疗保健专业人员在设施内将信息输入您的医疗记录.
- 设施的医务人员及其授权人员.
- Health care providers who share an electronic medical record with the Facility may also use this Notice (although they may have their own, which they will follow).
本机构如何使用和披露您的医疗信息: 我们可能出于以下目的使用或与他人共享您的医疗信息:
- Treatment. 您的医疗信息可能被用于为您提供医疗或服务. 这些医疗信息可能会透露给医生, interns, nurses, technicians, volunteers, students, 以及其他在疗养院照顾你的人. 我们还可能与本设施以外的医疗保健提供者及其工作人员共享您的医疗信息. We may also use your medical information to contact you to provide appointment reminders or to give you information about treatment options or other health related benefits and services that may interest you.
For example: 为你治疗断腿的医生可能需要知道你是否患有糖尿病,因为糖尿病可能会减缓愈合过程. 医生可能需要告诉营养师有关糖尿病的情况,以便安排适当的膳食. 该机构的不同部门也可能共享您的医疗信息,以协调您的不同需求, such as prescriptions, lab work and x-rays. The Facility also may disclose medical information about you to people outside the facility who may be involved in your medical care after you leave the facility, such as family members, home health agencies, 以及其他为你提供服务的人.
- Payment. Your medical information may be used and disclosed so that the treatment and services received at the Facility may be billed and payment may be collected from you, 你的保险公司和/或第三方. Please note, we will comply with your request not to disclose your health information to your insurance company if the information relates solely to a healthcare item or service for which you have paid out of pocket and in full to us.
例如:如果保险公司将负责报销您的护理费用, the health plan or insurance company may need information about surgery you received at the Facility so they can provide payment for the surgery. 信息也可以提供给帮助支付你的护理费用的人. Your health plan or insurance company may also need information about a treatment you are going to receive to obtain prior approval or to determine whether they will cover the treatment.
- Health Care Operations. 您的医疗信息可能会被用于和披露,以促进日常设施运营. 这些使用和披露是必要的,以运行设施和监测我们的病人得到的护理质量. 我们也可能与为我们提供认证等服务的外部公司共享您的医疗信息, legal, computer or auditing services. These outside companies are called "Business Associates" and are required by HIPAA to keep your medical information confidential.
For example: Your medical information may be:
- 评估我们的员工在照顾您时所提供的治疗和服务.
- 结合医院其他病人的情况,决定医院应该提供哪些额外的服务, what services are not needed, 以及某些新疗法是否有效.
- Disclosed to doctors, nurses, technicians, 和设施的其他代理进行审查和学习.
- 出于教育目的,向医疗保健专业学生、实习生和住院医生披露.
- Combined with information from other facilities to compare how we are doing and see where we can improve the care and services offered. Information that identifies you in this set of medical information may be removed so others may use it to study health care and health care delivery without knowing who the specific patients are.
- 参与共享电子病历. 该机构与社区中的其他医疗保健提供者共享电子病历. We do this so that it is easier for your health care providers to have access to your health information and it improves the quality of your care. 如果您想要参与共享医疗记录的医疗保健提供者的列表, 请联络设施私隐主任.
- Facility Directory Information. 如果机构使用病人目录, 系统会询问你是否愿意加入病人名录. 只提供有限的信息,包括您的房间号和一般情况.g.好、良善、公平、贫穷,都必显给指名求你的人. 如果你提供宗教信仰, 除非你反对,它只能提供给神职人员.
- 私人认可机构. Your medical information may be used to fulfill this facility's requirements to meet the guidelines of private facility accreditation organizations such as the Joint Commission, NCQA, etc.
- 参与卫生信息交流. We may participate in one or more health information exchanges (HIEs) and may electronically share your health information for treatment, 与HIE中的其他参与者一起支付和允许的医疗保健操作目的, 包括可能不在本通知第一页“谁将遵循本通知”下列出的实体. 取决于州法律要求, 您可能会被要求“选择加入”,以便与我们分享您的信息, 或者你也可以选择“退出”参与HIE. HIEs allow your health care providers to efficiently access your medical information that is necessary for treating you and other lawful purposes. 除非HIE符合HIPAA的隐私和安全要求,否则我们不会与HIE分享您的信息.
- Individuals Involved in Your Care. 我们可能会与您的家庭成员分享您的医疗信息, 监护人或其他照顾你的人, or who helps pay for your care. In addition, your medical information may be disclosed to an entity assisting in a disaster relief effort so your family canbe notified about your condition, status, and location. 如果您反对以这种方式分享您的医疗信息, 请联络本通知末尾所列的设施私隐主任.
- Research. Under certain circumstances, 您的医疗信息可能会被用于研究目的. All research projects involving patients' medical information must be approved through a special review process to protect patient confidentiality.
研究人员可能只有通过特殊审查过程才能获得识别您的信息, or with your written permission. In addition, 研究人员可以联系患者,了解他们是否有兴趣参加某些研究. 研究人员只有在通过特殊审查程序获得批准后才能与您联系. 只有在您同意并签署同意书的情况下,您才会成为其中一个研究项目的一部分.
- 万博manbetx全站下载的营销或销售. Most uses and disclosures of your medical information for marketing purposes or any sale of your medical information will require your written permission. 我们可能会就我们自己的产品或服务与您沟通.
- Appointment Reminders. Your medical information may be used to contact you as a reminder of an appointment you have for treatment or medical care at the Facility.
- Treatment Alternatives. Your medical information may be used to tell you about or recommend possible treatment options or alternatives that may be of interest to you.
- 与健康有关的福利和服务. 您的医疗信息可能被用来告诉您您可能感兴趣的与健康相关的福利或服务.
- As Required by Law. 当联邦政府要求我们披露您的医疗信息时,我们将予以披露, state, or local authorities, laws, rules and/or regulations.
- Lawsuits and Disputes. 如果你卷入了诉讼或纠纷, 您的医疗信息可能会因法院或行政命令而被披露, subpoena, discovery request, 或者由争议当事人通过其他合法程序解决争议.
- Law Enforcement. 根据法律授权或要求,您的医疗信息可能会被发布给执法部门.
例如,我们可能会在以下情况下发布您的信息:
- 响应法院命令、传票、手令、传票或类似程序;
- 查明或找到嫌疑犯、逃犯、重要证人或失踪人员;
- About the victim of a crime if, 在某些有限的情况下, 无法取得被害人同意的;
- 万博manbetx全站下载认为可能是犯罪行为造成的死亡;
- 防止对健康或安全的严重威胁. We may use or share your medical information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety and that of the public or another person. 然而,只有能够帮助防止威胁的人才会披露这些信息.
- Health Oversight Activities. 我们可能会为法律授权的活动向健康监督机构披露您的医疗信息. 这些监督活动包括,例如,审计、调查、检查和许可. 这些活动对于政府监督卫生保健系统是必要的, government programs, 以及遵守民权法.
- Organ and Tissue Donation. 如果你是器官或组织捐赠者, 您的医疗信息可能会被发布给器官采购或器官管理机构, 眼睛和组织移植或器官捐赠银行, 为促进器官或组织捐赠和移植所必需.
- Military and Veterans. 如果你是军队的一员, 您的医疗信息可能会根据军事指挥当局的要求予以公布. 如果你是外国军事人员, 您的医疗信息可能会被公布给适当的外国军事当局.
- 国家安全和情报活动. 你的医疗信息将被公布给联邦情报部门, counterintelligence, 以及法律授权的其他国家安全活动.
- 为总统和其他人提供保护服务. 您的医疗信息可能会透露给授权的联邦官员,以便他们为总统提供保护, 其他授权人员或外国国家元首或进行特别调查.
- Workers' Compensation. 如果你因与工作有关的疾病或伤害寻求治疗, 我们必须根据各州有关工人赔偿要求的具体法律提供充分的信息. 一旦满足特定州的要求并收到适当的书面请求, 只有与工作有关的疾病或伤害的记录可以被披露.
- Public Health Purposes. 我们可能会将您的医疗信息用于公共卫生活动,例如:
- 预防或控制疾病、伤害或残疾;
- To report births and deaths;
- To report child abuse or neglect;
- 报告药物反应或产品问题;
- 通知人们可能正在使用的产品被召回;
- To notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition;
- 如果我们认为病人是虐待的受害者,通知相应的政府部门, neglect or domestic violence. 只有在您同意或法律要求或授权的情况下,我们才会披露此信息.
- 验尸官,验尸官和葬礼主管. 你的医疗信息可能会被公布给验尸官或法医. 这可能是必要的,例如,识别死者或确定死亡原因. We may also release medical information about patients of the facility to funeral directors as necessary to carry out their duties.
- Inmates. 如果你是惩教机构的囚犯或被执法人员拘留, 我们可能会向惩教机构或执法人员公布您的医疗信息. 出于以下原因,此发布是必要的:
- 为你提供医疗保健的机构;
- 保护您和他人的健康和安全;
- 为了惩教机构的安全.
- 特别保护的资料: HIPAA为心理治疗笔记提供了额外的保护, 大多数心理治疗记录的使用或披露都需要你的书面许可. 心理治疗笔记是心理健康专业人员关于私人或团体咨询会议的个人笔记. In addition, 其他类型的信息可能受到联邦或州法律的更大保护, 比如某些药物和酒精信息, 艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他传染病信息, genetic information, mental health information, 或者关于发育障碍的信息. For this type of information, we may be required to get your written permission before disclosing it to others; we may seek that permission in the Facility's Condition of Admission form if permitted by law. 如果您对此有任何疑问,请联系本通知末尾的设施隐私官.
- Other Uses and Disclosures: 如果本机构希望出于本通知中未讨论的目的使用或披露您的医疗信息, 本设施将征求您的书面许可. 如果你同意的话, 你可以随时撤销(收回)那项许可, 除非我们已经获得您的许可才使用或披露该信息. 如果你想撤销你的权限, 请以书面通知本通知末尾所列的私隐主任.
您对医疗信息的权利: 您对您的医疗信息享有以下权利:
**注:所有要求必须以书面形式提交给本通知末尾所列的设施隐私主任**
- 要求查阅您的医疗信息的权利. With certain exceptions, 您有权查看并获得您的医疗信息的副本,这些信息可能会被用来决定您的护理. 要查看或获取您的医疗信息的副本,您必须提交书面请求. 如果您要求提供您的信息的纸质副本, 我们可能会收取复印费用, 邮寄或其他与您的要求相关的用品. 查看您的医疗信息是免费的.
- 要求修改您的医疗信息的权利. 如果您认为我们提供的有关您的医疗信息不正确或不完整, 你可以要求我们修改信息. 要请求修改,你必须提交一份书面请求. 请具体说明您认为不正确或不完整的信息.
- Right to a List of Disclosures. 您有权索取我们为治疗以外的目的而披露您的医疗信息的清单, 支付和保健业务. 您请求的第一个列表是免费的. 参阅你在12个月内要求的其他名单, 我们可能会向你方收取提供清单的费用. 我们会提前通知您费用,以便您选择是否拿到清单.
- 要求限制如何使用或披露您的医疗信息的权利. 您有权要求我们改变使用或披露您的医疗信息的方式, payment or health care operations. 如欲要求限制,你必须以书面提出要求. In your request, you must tell us:
- 你想限制哪些信息;
- 您是否希望限制我们的使用、披露或两者兼而有之;
- 你希望这些限制适用于谁,例如,向你的配偶披露.
我们不必同意你的要求, except that will not share your medical information with your health insurance company if you pay for the entire amount due for the services you receive (unles we are required by law to share the information with your health insurance company).
- 要求保密通信的权利. You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a certain way or at a certain location that you think will be more confidential. For example: 您可以要求我们只在工作时或通过邮件与您联系. 如需保密通信,您必须以书面形式提出请求. 我们不会问你请求的理由. 我们将满足所有合理的要求. 您的请求必须指定您希望联系的方式或地点.
- Right to Be Notified of Breach. 如果我们发现您未受保护的万博manbetx全站下载遭到泄露,我们将通知您.
- 有权获得本通知书的书面副本. 您有权获得本通知的副本. 你可以随时要求我们给你一份副本. 即使您已同意以电子方式接收此通知, 您仍有权获得本通知的纸质副本.
有关本通告的其他资料:
- Changes To This Notice. We reserve the right to change this notice and make the revised or changed notice effective for medical information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. 工厂将发布通知的最新副本,并注明生效日期. In addition, each time you register at, or are admitted to, 医院作为住院病人或门诊病人提供治疗或保健服务的设施, 我们将向您提供当前有效通知的副本.
- Complaints. 你不会因为提出投诉而受到处罚. 如果你认为你的隐私权被侵犯了, 你可以向该机构或卫生与公众服务部部长投诉. 有些州可能允许你向州检察长提出申诉, 消费者事务办公室或适用州法律规定的其他州机构. 向该机构投诉, 以书面形式向设施的私隐办公室提交投诉.
请致电(205)971-1000与设施隐私主任联系.
Effective Date: October 16, 2016
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