LNRMC - PRIVACY PRACTICES NOTICE

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Uses and Disclosures of Medical Information

We use and disclose medical information about you for treatment, payment, and health care operations. For example: Treatment: We may use or disclose your medical information to a physician or other health care provider in order to provide treatment to you. Payment: We may use and disclose your medical information to obtain payment for services we provide to you. We may disclose your medical information to another health care provider or entity subject to the federal and state Privacy Rules so they can obtain payment. Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your medical information in connection with our health care operations. These uses are necessary to make sure that all our patients receive quality care. Some examples are:
	Review of our treatment or services to evaluate the performance of our staff providing your care;
	sending you a satisfaction survey;
	review of information about many of our patients to determine if additional services should be added or perhaps are no longer needed;
	information may be given to our doctors, nurses, medical and health care students, and other personnel to be used for education and learning purposes;
	we may remove information that identifies you from the medical information so others may use it for studies in health care delivery without learning who the patients are; and
	we may disclose your medical information to another provider who has a relationship with you and is subject to the same Privacy rules, for their health care operation purposes.
On Your Authorization: You may give us written authorization to use your medical information or to disclose it to anyone for any purpose. If you give us an authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it was in effect. Unless you give us a written authorization, we cannot

use or disclose your medical information for any reason except those described in this notice.

     Appointment Reminders:We may use and disclose medical information to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for treatment or medical care at the hospital.

     To Your Family and Friends:Unless you object, we may disclose your medical information to a family member, friend or other person to the extent necessary to help with your health care or with payment for your health care.

     If you are not present, or in the event of your incapacity or an emergency, we will disclose your medical information based on our professional judgment of whether the disclosure would be in your best interest.

    We will also use our professional judgment and our experience with common practice to allow a person to pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies, x-rays or other similar forms of medical information.

     Hospital Directory:We may use your name, your location in our facility, your general medical condition, and your religious affiliation in our facility directories. We will disclose this information to members of the clergy and, except for religious affiliation, to other persons who ask for you by name. We will provide you with an opportunity to restrict or prohibit some or all disclosures for facility directories unless emergency circumstances prevent your opportunity to object. In addition, we may disclose medical information about you to an organization assisting in a disaster relief effort so your family can be notified about your condition and location.

     By Law or Special Circumstances:We may use or disclose your medical information as authorized by law for the following purposes deemed to be in the public interest or benefit:

	as required by law;
	for public health activities, including disease and vital statistic reporting, child abuse reporting, FDA oversight, and to employers regarding work-related illness or injury
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