Privacy Policy
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and
how you can get access to this information.
Please review it carefully.
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. Our responsibilities to safeguard your protected health information.
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We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information.
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We are required to provide you with this notice about the hospital’s legal
duties and privacy practices. This notice explains
how your protected health information may be used, who it may be disclosed to, and
when it may be disclosed. In each
case, the hospital staff may only disclose the minimum necessary protected
health information to accomplish the purpose
of the disclosure.
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We are legally required to abide by the terms of the privacy practices described in this notice.
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We are required to tell you that the hospital board and management reserve the right to change the terms of this notice
and its privacy policies at any time. Any changes will apply to the protected health information previously created. Should
an important change be made to our privacy practices, a revised copy of the notice will be posted in the hospital’s Front
Registration Desk and Emergency Department Registration area on the date it will go into effect. A copy of the notice can
be obtained from the hospital’s Privacy Officer at the
address listed in section five below or viewed on the hospitals’
web site
http://www.acrmc.com.