Privacy Policy
Principle 1 – Accountability for Personal Information/Personal Health Information
MINDROOT is responsible for personal information/personal health information under its control. MINDROOT is complying by implementing policies and procedures to protect personal information/personal health information, including information relating to patients, staff, and agents; adhering to policies and procedures when receiving and responding to complaints and inquiries; training and communicating to staff and agents information about privacy policies and practices; developing plans and communicating to our patients, families, members of the public and key hospital stakeholders.
Principle 2 – Identifying Purposes for the Collection of Personal Information/Personal Health Information
MINDROOT will identify the purposes for which personal information/personal health information is collected at or before the time of collection. These purposes will be conveyed by means of posters, brochures, web sites and by direct contact. Primarily, personal information/personal health information is used to deliver patient care, for administration, in research, teaching, statistics, and to meet legal and regulatory requirements. Patients imply consent when they present for treatment and receive an explanation.
Principle 3 – Consent for the Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information/Health Information
An individual’s knowledge and consent is required to collect, use, or disclose personal information/personal health information. The form of consent – express or implied – and the way it is sought – in writing or orally – may vary depending upon the circumstances and sensitivity of the information. Consent may be withdrawn at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Personal information/personal health information can be collected, used, or disclosed without the knowledge and consent of the individual; for example, legal, medical, or security reasons may make it impossible or impractical to seek consent.
Principle 4 – Openness about Personal Information/Personal Health Information Policies and Practices
The hospital makes information about its privacy policies and practices readily available, in a form that is generally understandable. This will include: • contact information for clinic, to which complaints or inquiries can be forwarded; • means of gaining access to personal information/personal health information held by the hospital • brochures or other information explaining the MINDROOT’s policies, standards, or codes, and • what personal information/personal health information is made available to related organizations.
Principle 5 – Ensuring Safeguards for Personal Information/Health Information
MINDROOT applies security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of personal information/personal health information to aim to protect it against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification, regardless of its format. Protection may include physical measures (i.e., locked filing cabinets and restricted access), organizational measures (limiting access on a “need-to-know” basis), and technological measures (use of passwords, encryption and audits). Clinic staff and agents will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment, appointment, or agency. Those with access to electronic health records must sign individual user agreements.
Principle 6 – Individual Access to Own Personal Information/Health Information
MINDROOT applies security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of personal information/personal health information to aim to protect it against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification, regardless of its format. Protection may include physical measures (i.e., locked filing cabinets and restricted access), organizational measures (limiting access on a “need-to-know” basis), and technological measures (use of passwords, encryption and audits). Clinic staff and agents will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment, appointment, or agency. Those with access to electronic health records must sign individual user agreements.
Principle 7 – Openness about Personal Information/Personal Health Information Policies and Practices
The hospital makes information about its privacy policies and practices readily available, in a form that is generally understandable. This will include: • contact information for clinic, to which complaints or inquiries can be forwarded; • means of gaining access to personal information/personal health information held by the hospital • brochures or other information explaining the MINDROOT’s policies, standards, or codes, and • what personal information/personal health information is made available to related organizations.
Principle 8 – Challenging Compliance with the MINDROOT Privacy Policies and Practices
An individual will be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with this policy to us. The clinic will put procedures in place to receive and respond to complaints or inquiries about their policies and practices relating to the handling of personal information/personal health information. The clinic will investigate all complaints. If a complaint is justified, the clinic will take appropriate measures, including, if necessary, amending their policies and practices.
Principle 9 – Ensuring Accuracy of Personal Information/Health Information
The hospital will make every effort to ensure the information it holds is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Individuals are expected to help us in updating the information and have the right to challenge the accuracy of the information.
Principle 10 – Limiting Collection of Personal Information/Health Information
Only information necessary for the purposes identified may be collected, by fair and lawful means.
Disclaimer
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