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Patient Privacy Policy

 

At Heartcare Texas physicians and staff will preserve the integrity and the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) pertaining to our patients. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that our physicians and staff have the necessary medical and PHI to provide the highest quality medical care possible while protecting the confidentiality of the PHI of our patients to the highest degree possible.

Patients should not be afraid to provide information to our practice and is physicians and staff for purposes of treatment, payment, and healthcare operations (TPO). To that end, our physicians and staff will:

  • Adhere to the standards set forth in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
  • Collect, use, and disclose PHI only in conformance with state and federal laws and current patient covenants and/or authorizations as appropriate. Our practice and its physicians and staff will not use or disclose PHI for uses outside of the practice's TPO, such as marketing & employment, life insurance applications, etc., without authorization from the patient.
  • Use & disclose PHI to remind patients of their appointments unless they instruct us not to.
  • Recognize that PHI collected about patients must be accurate, timely, complete, and available when needed. Our practice and its physicians and staff will - implement reasonable measures to protect the integrity of all PHI maintained about patients.
  • Recognize that patients have a right to privacy.
  • Our practice and its physicians and staff will always respect the patient's individual dignity.
  • Our practice and its physicians and staff respect the patient's privacy to the extent consistent with providing the highest quality medical care possible and with the efficient administration of the facility.
  • Act as responsible information stewards and treat all PHI as sensitive and confidential. Consequently, our practice and its physicians and staff will treat PHI data as confidential in accordance with professional ethics, accreditation standards, and legal requirements.