Privacy of Health

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Notice of Privacy Practices for Your Medical Information

本通知描述有关您的健康信息可能如何被使用和披露,以及您可以如何访问这些信息。请仔细审阅。

This Notice applies to all Sanford Health entities as well as the physicians and other licensed professionals seeing and treating patients at Sanford Health facilities. For a complete listing of these facilities and locations, go to m.ckmstats.com/locations. If you have questions about this Notice, please contact Sanford's Privacy Office at(800) 325-9402. You may alsoemail你的问题。

本通知描述了我们将如何使用和披露您的健康信息。本通知的条款适用于Sanford health生成或接收的所有健康信息,无论是记录在您的医疗记录、账单发票、纸质表格、视频或其他方式。2022世界杯巴西阵容

How We Use and Disclose Your Health Information
We use or disclose your health information as follows (in Minnesota we will obtain your prior consent):

  • Treatment: We may use your health information to provide care and share it with others who are treating you. For example, your physician may disclose your health information to a specialist for the purpose of a consultation.
  • Payment: We may use and share your health information to bill and obtain payment for the health care services you receive. For example, we send information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services. We may also disclose your health information to other health care providers for their payment purposes.
  • Health Care Operations: We may use and share your health information for our day-to-day operations, to improve your care, and contact you when necessary. For example, we may use your medical information to review our treatment and services and evaluate how to improve our quality of care. We may disclose your information to medical students and other hospital staff for their education. We may also disclose your health information to other health care providers for their health care operations.

We may share your health information in the following situations unless you tell us otherwise. If you are not able to tell us your preference, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest or needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety:

  • Directories: We may maintain a patient directory that includes your name and location within the facility, general information about your condition (fair, serious, etc.) and religious designation. We may disclose all but your religious designation to any person who asks for you by name. Members of the clergy may obtain all directory information.
  • Friends and Family: We may disclose to your family and close personal friends any health information directly related to that person's involvement in your care.
  • 救灾:在紧急情况下,我们可能会向救灾组织披露您的健康信息,以便您的家人了解您的情况和位置。

We may also use and share your health information for other reasons without your prior consent:

  • When required by law: We will share information about you if state or federal law require it, including with the Department of Health and Human services if it wants to see that we're complying with federal privacy law. This may include disclosing information about victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.
  • 执法:我们可能会为执法目的共享信息,例如当在我们的设施中发生犯罪时。我们也可以共享信息来帮助定位嫌疑人、逃犯、失踪人员或目击者。
  • For public health and safety: We can share information in certain situations to help prevent disease, assist with product recalls, report adverse reactions to medications, and to prevent or reduce a serious threat to anyone's health or safety.
  • Lawsuits and legal actions: We may share information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.
  • 器官和组织捐献:我们可以与器官获取组织分享您的信息。
  • Medical examiner or funeral director: We can share information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.
  • 工人赔偿、惩教机构和其他政府要求:我们可以向雇主分享工人赔偿要求的信息。我们也与惩教机构分享其囚犯的信息。在法律授权的情况下,信息也可以与卫生监督机构以及其他特殊的政府职能,如军队、国家安全和总统保护部门共享。
  • Research: We can use or share your information for certain research projects that have been evaluated and approved through a process that considers a patient's need for privacy.

We may contact you in the following situations:

  • Appointment reminders: To remind you of appointments with us.
  • 治疗方案:提供您可能感兴趣的治疗方案或其他健康相关福利或桑福德健康服务的信息。2022世界杯巴西阵容
  • Fundraising: We may contact you about fundraising activities, but you can tell us not to contact you again.

Your Rights That Apply to Your Health Information
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights.

  • 获取医疗记录的副本:你可以要求查看或获得纸质或电子副本的医疗记录和其他健康信息,我们有关于你的。我们通常会在您提出要求后30天内向您提供副本或摘要。我们可能会收取合理的、基于成本的费用。在某些情况下,访问可能会被拒绝,例如心理治疗笔记或当特定的法律禁止您访问。在某些情况下,您可能需要重新审查这个决定。
  • 要求我们纠正您的医疗记录:您可以要求我们纠正您认为不正确或不完整的健康信息。我们可能会拒绝你的要求,但我们会书面告诉你原因。这些要求应以书面形式提交给下列联系人。
  • 请求保密通信:您可以要求我们以特定的方式联系您(例如,家庭或办公室电话)或发送邮件到不同的地址。合理的请求将被批准。
  • Ask us to limit what we use or share: You can ask us to restrict how we share your health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say "no" if it would affect your care. If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information with your health insurer for the purpose of payment or our operations. We will say "yes" unless a law requires us to share that information.
  • 获得一份与我们共享信息的人的名单:你可以要求一份名单(会计),列出六年前我们与你分享健康信息的次数,我们与谁分享,以及为什么。我们将包括除有关您的治疗、付款和我们的医疗保健操作以及某些其他披露(如您要求我们披露的)以外的所有披露。我们将每年免费提供一份会计报告,但如果您在12个月内要求提供另一份会计报告,我们将收取合理的成本费用。
  • 获取本隐私通知的副本:您可以在任何时候要求获得本通知的纸质副本,即使您已同意以电子方式接收它。我们会及时为您提供纸质副本。
  • 选择某人为你行事:如果你已给予某人医疗授权书,或某人是你的法定监护人,该人可以行使你的权利,并对你的健康信息作出选择。
  • File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated: You can complain to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights if you feel we have violated your rights. We can provide you with their address. You can also file a complaint with us by using the contact information below. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

联系信息:
Sanford Patient Relations
PO Box 5039
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5039
(605) 333-6546

Our Responsibilities Regarding Your Health Information

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your health information.
  • 如果发生可能危及您健康信息隐私或安全的漏洞,我们将及时通知您。
  • We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this Notice and offer to give you a copy.
  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us to in writing. You may change your mind at any time by letting us know in writing.

Changes to This Notice
我们可更改本通知的条款,该更改将适用于我们掌握的有关您的所有信息。新的通知将根据要求在我们的网站m.ckmstats.com上提供。

Effective Date
本隐私实践通知于2013年9月23日生效。

Notice of Organized Health Care Arrangement for Sanford Health
Sanford Health, its component hospitals, the independent contractor members of the medical staff at those facilities, and other health care providers affiliated with Sanford Health have agreed, as permitted by law, to share your health information among themselves for the purposes of treatment, payment, or health care operations. This allows us to better address your health care needs in a clinically integrated setting. This notice is being provided to you as a supplement to this Notice of Privacy Practices.

Beneficiary Education Notice for Protecting Your Information on Mobile Apps

Patients and insurance plan members can use mobile apps to access their health information. It’s important to take an active role in protecting your health information. Knowing what to look for when choosing an app can help you make an informed decision.

Look for an easy-to-read privacy policy that clearly explains how the app will use your data. Do not use an app until you have reviewed the privacy policy.

Some things you should also consider:

  • 什么公司开发了这个应用程序?不提供医疗保健或健康保险的公司可能不被要求遵守联邦隐私规则。该应用程序的隐私政策是否提到了健康保险便携和责任法案(HIPAA)或其他公司必须遵守的法律?
  • 这个应用程序会收集什么健康数据?这个应用程序会从你的设备上收集其他数据吗,比如你的位置?
  • Will your data be stored without a way for others to identify you?
  • 这个应用程序将如何使用你的数据?
  • Will this app give your data to third parties?
  • 这个应用程序是否会以任何理由出售你的数据,比如广告或研究?
  • Will this app share your data for any reason? If so, with whom? For what purpose?
  • How can you limit this app’s use and disclosure of your data?
  • What security measures does this app use to protect your data?
  • 在这款应用上分享你的数据会对你的家人等其他人产生什么影响?
  • How can you access your data and change it if it is incorrect?
  • Does this app have a process for collecting and responding to user complaints?
  • 如果你不想再使用这个应用程序,或者如果你不想让这个应用程序访问你的健康信息,你如何阻止这个应用程序访问你的数据?
  • What is the app’s policy for deleting your data once you stop access? Do you have to do more than just delete the app from your device?
  • 该应用程序如何让用户知道可能影响其隐私做法的变化?

If the app’s privacy policy does not clearly answer these questions, rethink using the app to access your health information. Health information is very sensitive. Be careful to choose apps with strong privacy and security standards.


如果成员是注册组的一员,应该考虑什么?

Some health plan members may be part of an enrollment group where they share the same health plan as other members of their tax household. This is more common with members who are covered by Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) on Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs). Often, the primary policyholder and other members can access information for all members of an enrollment group unless a request is made to restrict access to member data. Members should be told how their data will be accessed and used if they are part of an enrollment group. This access and use is based on the enrollment group policies of their health plan in the state where they live.

Members who share a tax household but who do not want to share an enrollment group have the option of enrolling each household member into separate enrollment groups. This can even be done while applying for exchange coverage and financial assistance on the same application. But, this may cause higher premiums for the household and some members. For example, dependent minors may not be able to enroll in all QHPs in a service area if using their own enrollment group. It may also cause higher total out-of-pocket expenses if each member has to meet a separate annual limit on cost-sharing, such as your out-of-pocket maximum.


我在HIPAA下有什么权利,谁必须遵守HIPAA?

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules and the Patient Safety Act and Rule.

Learn more about member rights under HIPAA and who must follow HIPAA.

Download a HIPAA FAQ from HHS.


Are third-party apps covered by HIPAA?

大多数第三方应用程序不在HIPAA的覆盖范围内。相反,这些应用程序通常受到联邦贸易委员会(FTC)的控制,并受到《联邦贸易委员会法》的保护。《联邦贸易委员会法案》(FTC Act)保护人们免受不诚实行为的侵害。例如,它可以防止应用程序在未经允许的情况下分享个人数据,尽管有隐私政策规定它不会这样做。

Read more from the FTC about mobile app privacy and security.


What should you do if you think someone has gained access to your data or an app has used your data in a way it should not have?

If you have a complaint about how Sanford Health has used or disclosed your data, please contact us:

Sanford Patient Relations
PO Box 5039
Sioux Falls, SD 57117

Sanford Health Compliance Hotline
(800) 325-9402

Learn more about filing a complaint with the OCR under HIPAA.

Individuals can file a complaint with OCR using the OCR complaint portal.

Individuals can file a complaint with the FTC using the FTC complaint assistant.