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Our Promise to You
We respect your privacy, both online and off,
and will protect your personal information accordingly. Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center make the following promises to you:
We will protect your personal information
to the fullest extent possible.
We will never sell or give any of your personally identifiable
information
(e.g. name, address, email address) to a third party without your permission.
We will periodically sell or share non-identifiable aggregate
data with third parties for research purposes (no information
that identifies any particular individual).
The details of our Privacy Policy are below.
You will find the details to be consistent with the promises listed above. We
appreciate that our relationship with you is built on your ability to trust
how we care for you and your information.
PRIVACY
POLICY DETAILS
As a provider of medical content, we understand
the sensitive nature of each communication and transaction that we have with
you.
Any information that is provided as part of normal patient-physician communications
is governed by applicable patient confidentiality laws.
Disclosure of Information
Unless otherwise identified in this statment,
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center will not disclose, without a patient's prior consent,
any medical or other identifiable information gathered during our normal course of business. In limited circumstances,
we may release personal information to third parties (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such
as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order, or (2) in special
cases, such as a physical threat to our users or others. We do have third party
relationships with vendors that operate and maintain our equipment, and that
may result in them having access to user information. We require that each of our vendors not use or disclose patient
information beyond what is reasonably necessary to perform
the functions and operations on behalf of Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic
Center. Third party vendors are forbidden from disclosing a user's personal
information to other entities without express written authorization
from us and/or the patient.
Security Policy
It is the policy of Mississippi Sports Medicine that all personnel must
preserve the integrity and the confidentiality of medical and other sensitive
information pertaining to our patients. The purpose of this policy is to ensure
that Mississippi Sports Medicine and its officers, employees, and agents
have the necessary medical and other information to provide the highest quality
medical care possible while protecting the confidentiality of that information
to the highest degree possible so that patients do not fear to provide information
to Mississippi Sports Medicine and its officers, employees, and agents
for purposes of treatment. To that end, Mississippi Sports Medicine
and its officers, employees, and agents will--
Collect and use individual medical information only for the purposes of
providing medical services and for supporting the delivery, payment, integrity,
and quality of those services. Mississippi Sports Medicine and its
officers, employees, and agents will not use or supply individual medical
information for non-health care uses, such as direct marketing, employment,
or credit evaluation purposes. Collect and use individual medical information only--
To provide proper diagnosis and treatment. With the individual's knowledge and consent. To receive reimbursement for services provided. For research and similar purposes designed to improve the quality and to
reduce the cost of health care. As a basis for required reporting of health information.
Recognize that medical information collected about patients must be accurate,
timely, complete, and available when needed. Mississippi Sports Medicine
and its officers, employees, and agents will-- Use their best efforts to ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness
of data and to ensure that authorized personnel can access it when needed. Complete and authenticate medical records in accordance with the law, medical
ethics, and accreditation standards. Maintain medical records for the retention periods required by law and professional
standards. Not alter or destroy an entry in a record, but rather designate it as an
error while leaving the original entry intact and create and maintain a new
entry showing the correct data. Implement reasonable measures to protect the integrity of all data maintained
about patients. Recognize that patients have a right of privacy. Mississippi Sports
Medicine and its officers, employees, and agents will respect patients'
individual dignity at all times. Mississippi Sports Medicine and its
officers, employees, and agents will respect patients' 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 individual
medical record data and related financial, demographic, and lifestyle information
as sensitive and confidential. Consequently, Mississippi Sports Medicine
and its officers, employees, and agents will:
Treat all individual medical record data as confidential in accordance
with professional ethics, accreditation standards, and legal requirements.
Not divulge medical record data unless the patient (or his or her authorized
representative) has properly consented to the release or the release is
otherwise authorized by law, such as communicable disease reporting, child
abuse reporting, and the like. When releasing medical record data, take appropriate steps to prevent
unauthorized redisclosures, such as specifying that the recipient may not
further disclose the information without patient consent or as authorized
by law. Implement reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of medical
and other information maintained about patients. Remove patient identifiers when appropriate, such as in statistical reporting
and in medical research studies. Not disclose financial or other patient information except as necessary
for billing or other authorized purposes as authorized by law and professional
standards. Recognize that some medical information is particularly sensitive, such
as HIV/AIDS information, mental health and developmental disability information,
alcohol and drug abuse information, and other information about sexually
transmitted or communicable diseases and that disclosure of such information
could severely harm patients, such as by causing loss of employment opportunities
and insurance coverage, as well as the pain of social stigma. Consequently,
Mississippi Sports Medicine and its officers, employees, and agents will
treat such information with additional confidentiality protections as required
by law, professional ethics, and accreditation requirements. Recognize that, Mississippi Sports Medicine owns the medical record,
the patient has a right of access to information contained in the record.
Mississippi Sports Medicine incurs costs when releasing patient
information (copying, postage, and so forth) and may charge a reasonable
fee to offset those costs.
Mississippi Sports Medicine and its officers, employees, and agents will--
Permit patients access to their medical records except when access would
be detrimental to the patient under the so-called therapeutic exception to
patient access. In such cases, Mississippi Sports Medicine and its officers,
employees, and agents will provide an authorized representative access to
the patient's records in accordance with law, professional ethics, and accreditation
requirements.
Provide patients an opportunity to request correction of inaccurate data
in their records in accordance with the law and professional standards
All officers, agents, and employees of Mississippi
Sports Medicine must adhere to this policy. Mississippi
Sports Medicine will not tolerate violations of this policy.
If you feel that Mississippi Sports Medicine
and Orthopaedic Center is not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact
us immediately at the address below:
Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, PLLC
Attn: Privacy Compliance
1325 East Fortification Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Ph: (601) 354-4488
privacy@msmoc.com |
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