Dartmouth Dermatology Associates, P.C. is dedicated to maintaining the privacy of our patients' individually identifiable health information. In conducting our business, we will create records regarding our patients and the treatment and services we provide to them. We are required by law to maintain the confidentialty of health information that indentifies our patients. We also are required by law to provide our patients with a notice of our legal duties and the privacy practices that we maintain in our practice concerning the patient's health information.
Special circumstances in which we may disclose a patient's health information:
- Public health risks
- Health oversight activities
- Lawsuits
- Law inforcement
- Serious threats to health and safety
- Military
- National Security
- Inmates
- Workers' Compensation
Our patients' rights regarding their health information:
- Confidential communication
- Requesting restrictions
- Inspections and copies
- Amendments
- Accounting of disclosures
- Right to a full paper copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices
- Right to file a complaint
- Right to provide an authorization for other uses and disclosures
How we may use and disclose a patient's individually identifiable health information:
- Treatment, payment and health care operation
- Appointment reminders
- Treatment options
- Health related benefits and services
- Release of information to family and friends