Notice of Privacy Practices

The Violette House Privacy Practice

Effective Date: 11/1/2024

This notice describes how your medical information may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

Your Rights

As a patient of The Violette House, you have the right to:

  • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record

  • Request corrections to your medical record

  • Request confidential communication

  • Ask us to limit what we share

  • Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information

  • Request a copy of this privacy notice

  • Choose someone to act on your behalf

  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

Our Uses and Disclosures

We typically use or share your health information in the following ways:

To treat you: We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.

To run our organization: We can use and share your health information to manage your care and improve our services.

To bill for services: We can use and share your health information to bill and receive payment from health plans or other entities.

Other Ways We May Use or Share Your Information

We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways—usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. For example:

  • Public health reporting (e.g., communicable disease prevention)

  • Health oversight activities (e.g., audits, investigations)

  • Legal proceedings or law enforcement requests

  • Organ and tissue donation requests

  • Workers’ compensation claims

  • Coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors

  • Research (with appropriate safeguards)

  • To avert a serious threat to health or safety

  • Government functions (e.g., military, national security)

  • As required by law

Your Choices

You can tell us your preferences for how we share your information in certain situations. For example, you can:

  • Tell us whether to share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care

  • Choose not to be contacted for fundraising purposes

  • Request not to have your information used in certain marketing efforts

We will honor your choices whenever we are legally able to do so.

Our Responsibilities

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.

  • We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised your information.

  • We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy upon request.

  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you give us written permission.

Changes to This Notice

We may change the terms of this notice, and the new notice will apply to all information we have about you. We will post the updated notice on our website and provide copies upon request.

Contact Information If you have questions about this notice or would like to exercise any of your rights, please Contact Us.