私隐实务通知
生效日期:2016年3月1日
此通知 describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. 请仔细查看此信息. 此通知 applies to Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester and the doctors and other healthcare providers practicing at this facility. 此通知 also applies to 此通知 applies to 南田纳西州地区卫生系统-温彻斯特/Sewanee, AMG南田纳西州, 有限责任公司, Team Health which operates emergency services at each hospital and other healthcare providers practicing at the facilities. 本通知同样适用于康复中心, 睡眠中心, 南田纳西技术设施和医疗机构负责伤口护理.
保护您信息的隐私和安全是我们的法律责任. We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information. 我们提供此通知是为了解释我们的隐私惯例. We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice or the current notice in effect. 了解更多关于我们隐私政策的信息, 投诉:提出投诉或报告关切或冲突, 拨打以下号码:
南田纳西州地区卫生系统-温彻斯特
珍妮丝道森
(931) 967-8346
珍妮丝.Dodson@lpnt.网
Or, 如果你想匿名的话, 您可以拨打下面列出的免费电话号码，服务人员将匿名处理您的问题.
You also may also send a written complaint to the United States Department of Health and Human 服务 if you feel we have not properly handled your complaint. 您可以使用上面列出的联系方式为您提供适当的地址或访问 http://www.美国卫生和公众Services部.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html. 在任何情况下，你都不会因为投诉而受到报复. 我们保留随时更改我们的政策和隐私惯例通知的权利. 我们是否应该在政策上做出重大改变, 我们将更改此通知并发布新的通知. 您也可以随时索取我们的通知副本.
我们可能会将您的健康信息用于您的治疗目的, 获得付款, 或用于医疗保健操作和其他管理目的. We may use your information in treatment situations if we need to send or share your medical record information with professionals who are treating you. 例如, 为你治疗受伤的医生会询问另一位医生你的整体健康状况. We can use and share your health information to bill and receive payment from health plans or other entities. 我们会将您的信息提供给您的健康保险计划，如医疗保险, 医疗补助或其他健康保险计划，这样它会支付你的服务费用. Your information will be used when processing your medical records for completeness and to compare patient data as part of our efforts to continually improve our treatment methods. We may disclose your information to business associates with whom we contract to provide service on your behalf that require the use of your health information. 我们可以使用和分享你的健康信息来经营我们的诊所, 改善你的护理，必要时联系你. We may contact you or disclose certain parts of your health information to our associates or related foundations for fundraising purposes. 您有权选择不接收此类筹款通讯. 我们可能会与您认定为家庭成员的人分享某些信息, 相对, 直接参与照顾你或支付照顾费用的朋友或其他人, 或向您的“非专业护理人员”或指定的个人代表(如果您告诉我们这些人是谁)发送. 如果必要的话, 我们将通知这些人您的位置, 一般情况或死亡. 我们有一份医院目录，列出了目前在我们医院接受治疗的病人. 除了, we may need to disclose medical information about you to an entity assisting in disaster relief efforts so that your family can be notified about your condition, 状态和位置. 如果您对我们如何分享您的信息有明确的偏好，请与我们交谈. 告诉我们你想让我们做什么，我们会按照你的指示去做. 如果你不能告诉我们你的偏好, 例如，如果你是无意识的, 如果我们认为这符合您的最佳利益，我们也可能会分享您的信息. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
We will never share your information unless you give us written permission in these cases: for marketing purposes or the sale of your information.
在某些情况下, 我们可能会被要求在未经您特别授权的情况下披露您的健康信息. 这些披露的例子有:州和联邦法律要求报告虐待案件, 忽视, or other reasons requiring law enforcement; for public health activities; to health oversight agencies; for judicial and administrative proceedings; for death and funeral arrangements; for organ donation; for special government functions including military and veteran requests and to prevent serious threats to health or public safety such as preventing disease, 协助产品召回, 报告药物的不良反应. We may also contact you after your current visit for future appointment reminders or to provide you with information regarding treatment alternatives or other health-related services that may be of benefit to you. 除上述原因外的任何其他披露，我们将获得您的书面授权. 还记得, 如果您授权我们发布您的信息, 您以后总是有权撤销该授权. 除非我们已经采取了行动，否则我们将很乐意履行这一要求.
作为患者，您有权决定如何使用和披露您的信息. 这些权利包括访问您的健康信息. 在大多数情况下，您有权查看或接收您的健康信息的副本. 这可能需要长达30天的准备时间, 而且复印可能会有准备费用. 你可以要求一份披露的账目. This is a list of instances in which we have disclosed your information for reasons other than treatment, payment and operations that you have not specifically authorized but that we are required to do by law (see section on how your information may be used and disclosed). We can provide you one list per year without charge; all additional requests in the same year will be subject to a nominal charge. If you believe that the information we have about you is incorrect or if important information is missing, 您有权要求我们修改或更正您的纸质或电子病历. There may be some reasons that we cannot honor your request for which you submit a statement of disagreement. You can also request that your health information be communicated to you at an alternate location or address that is different from the one we received when you were registered. 如果你预付了全部服务费, 你可以要求我们不要透露你在健康计划中的治疗信息. 最后, you can request in writing that we not use or disclose your information for any reasons described in this notice except to persons involved in your care, 或者在法律要求或紧急情况下. 法律上没有要求我们接受这样的请求, 但我们会尽力尊重任何合理的要求.
最后, a note about health information exchanges: we may provide your health information to a health information exchange (HIE) and a patient portal called My HealthPoint in which we participate. An HIE is a health information database where other healthcare providers caring for you can access your medical information from wherever they are if they are members of the HIE. 这些提供者可能包括你的医生, 护理设施, 家庭健康机构或其他在我们医院或诊所之外照顾您的提供者. 例如，你可能正在旅行，在这个州的另一个地区发生了事故. 如果治疗你的医生是我们参加的HIE的成员, 他或她可以访问其他提供者提供的关于您的信息. Accessing this additional information can help your doctors provide you with well-informed care quickly because he or she will have learned about your medical history, 过敏或HIE的处方. The patient portal "My Healthpoint" is a mechanism by which you can access your health information online after your care and treatment. If you do not want your medical information to be placed in the patient portal and shared with HIE- member healthcare professionals, 您可以通过提交退出表格选择退出. 选择退出需要5个工作日才能生效. 请注意，如果您选择退出, 提供者可能没有关于您的最新信息，这可能会影响您的护理. 您总是可以在以后的日期通过书面撤销选择退出表格来选择加入.