Notice of Privacy Practices • Page 4
Your Choices
For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what
we share.
If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in
the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and
we will follow your instructions.
In these cases,
you have both the
right and choice to
tell us to:
•
Share information with your family, close friends, or
others involved in your care
•
Share information in a disaster relief situation
•
Include your information in a hospital directory
If you are not able to tell us your preference, for
example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and
share your information if we believe it is in your best
interest. We may also share your information when
needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to
health or safety.
In these cases we
never
share your
information unless
you give us written
permission:
•
Marketing purposes
•
Sale of your information
•
Most sharing of psychotherapy notes
In the case of
fundraising:
•
We may contact you for fundraising e orts, but you
can tell us not to contact you again.
