Patient Rights

• Under HIPAA you have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health and treatment information. The program is not required to agree to any restrictions that you request, but if it does agree with them, it is bound by that agreement and may not use or disclose any information which you have restricted except as necessary in a medical emergency.
• You have the right to request that we communicate with you by alternative means or at an alternative location (e.g. another address). The program will accommodate such requests that are reasonable and will not request an explanation from you.
• Under HIPAA you also have the right to inspect and copy your own health and treatment information maintained by the program, except to the extent that the information contains psychotherapy notes or information compiled for use in a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding or in other limited circumstances.
• Under HIPAA you also have the right, with some exceptions, to amend health care information maintained in the program's records, and to request and receive an accounting of disclosures of your health related information made by the program during the six (6) years prior to your request.
• If your request to any of the above is denied, you have the right to request a review of the denial by the program administrator.
• To make any of the above requests, you must fill out the appropriate form that will be provided by the program.
• You also have the right to receive a paper copy of this notice.

The Use of Your Information at the program

In order to provide you with the best care, the program will use your health and treatment information in the following ways:

• Communication among program staff (including students or other interns) for the purposes of treatment needs, treatment planning, progress reporting and review, staff supervision, incident reporting, medication administration, billing operations, medical record maintenance, discharge planning, and other treatment related processes.
• Communication with Business Associates such as clinical laboratories (blood work, urinalysis), food service (special dietary needs), agencies that provide on-site services (lectures, group therapy)long term record storage.
• Reporting data to the PRN Client Data System.

The Program's Duties

The program is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information and to provide you with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information. The program is required by law to abide by the terms of this notice. The program reserves the right to change the terms of this notice and to make new notice provisions effective for all protected health information it maintains. The program will provide current patients with an updated notice, and will provide affected former patients with new notices when substantive changes are made in the notice.