I. Who Will
Follow This Notice?
This Notice describes the practices of Person Memorial Hospital,
including:
- Any health care professional authorized to enter information
into your hospital chart;
- All departments, units, and clinics of the hospital, including
the Extended Care Unit;
- Any member of a volunteer group that we allow to help you
while you are in the hospital; and
- All employees, staff, and other hospital or clinic personnel
This Notice also describes the privacy practices of the following
physician groups, who have agreed to follow the terms of this
Notice:
(Important Note: Although the physician groups listed below
have agreed to follow the terms of this Notice, they remain
physically, financially, and legally separate from Person
Memorial Hospital. In other words, their agreement to follow
the terms of this Notice do not make them employees or agents
of Person Memorial Hospital. Your personal doctor may have
different policies or notices regarding the doctor's use and
disclosure of your medical information created in the doctor's
office or clinic.)
- Person Memorial Hospital medical staff physicians (such
as your personal physician)
- ED Physicians [Person Emergency Physicians] (physicians
and their staff who provide emergency services to you);
- Radiology [Duke Radiology] (physicians and their staff who
provide radiology services to you);
- Private Diagnostic Clinics, P.L.L.C. (Duke University Medical
Center affiliates);
- Anesthesiology [Duke Anesthesiology] (physicians and their
staff who provide anesthesiology services to you)
II. Our Responsibilities
We are required by federal law to protect the privacy of your
medical information, and to provide you with our Notice of
Privacy Practices. We are also required to let you know how
you can obtain copies of any changes to the Notice, and to
abide by the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Notice, and to
make the new Notice effective for all medical information
that we maintain. If we do change the Notice, we will post
the new Notice in our waiting areas, and will provide you
with a copy of the revised Notice upon your request. You can
always obtain a copy of our current Notice by contacting our
Privacy Officer.
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