INTERPATH LABORATORY, INC.
NOTICE OF PATIENT PRIVACY
Interpath Laboratory is
committed to preserving the privacy of your personal health information.
We are required by law to protect the privacy of your medical
information and to provide you with notice describing how medical
information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can
access this information.
" Interpath Laboratory
is considered an indirect provider of medical services. We provide
laboratory testing ordered by your physician. Your written consent
for use of your personal health information was obtained at your
physician's office. We will use your personal health information
for the purposes of 1) providing test results to your physician(s),
2) seeking payment for the service we provide to you, and 3) for
the related administrative activities supporting our service."
" When you participate
in a Health Fair, distribution of the tests results will be determined
by the organization sponsoring the health fair."
" We may be required
or permitted by certain laws to use and disclose your medical
information for other purposes without your consent or authorization."
" As our patient,
you have important rights relating to inspecting and copying your
medical information that we maintain, amending or correcting that
information, obtaining an accounting of our disclosures of your
medical information, requesting that we communicate with you confidentially,
requesting that we restrict certain uses and disclosures of your
health information, and complaining if you think your rights have
been violated. We have available a detailed NOTICE OF PRIVACY
PRACTICES which fully explains your rights and our obligations
under the law."
" We may revise our
Notice of Privacy Practices from time to time; the date at the
bottom of this NOTICE indicates the most current NOTICE in effect."
If you have any questions, concerns, or
complaints about the NOTICE, please contact our Privacy Officer
at our corporate office in Pendleton, Oregon at (541) 276-6700
or (800) 452-8106.
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