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We may use and disclose your health information to bill and receive payment for health care services that we or others provide to you. This includes uses and disclosures to submit health information and receive payment from your health insurer, HMO, or other party that pays for some or all of your health care (payor) or to verify that your payor will pay for your health care. We may also tell your payor about a treatment you are going to receive to determine whether your payor will cover the treatment. For certain services, if your permission is needed to release health information to obtain payment, you will be asked for permission.

As part of an academic medical center, the Hospital has an active research program. For example, research is ongoing to advance care, to evaluate investigational procedures to treat conditions, to compare the health of patients who have received one medication with those who have received another medication for the same condition, and to learn from medical record studies. We generally ask for your written authorization before using your health information or sharing it with others to conduct research. Under limited circumstances, we may use and disclose your health information without your authorization. In most of these latter situations, we must comply with law and obtain approval through an independent review process to ensure that research conducted without your authorization poses minimal risk to your privacy. Researchers may also contact you to see if you are interested in or eligible to participate in a study.

You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your health information. For example, you may request that your name not appear in the Hospital’s Patient Directory while you are here as an inpatient. Requests for restrictions must be in writing. In most cases, we are not required to agree to your requested restriction. However, if we do agree, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed to provide you emergency treatment or comply with the law. If we do not agree to your request, we will reply to you in writing with the reason.

You may request an accounting of disclosures for up to six years before the date of your request. If you request an accounting more than once during a twelve month period, we will charge you a reasonable fee.

We may use health information to provide you with medical treatment or services. We may use and share health information about you with physicians, residents, nurses, technicians, medical students, or other Hospital personnel involved in your care. For example, a provider treating you for a condition may need to know what medications you are taking to assess risks related to drug interactions. Different departments of the Hospital may also share health information about you to coordinate the services you need, such as pharmacy, lab work and x-rays.