PATIENT PRIVACY POLICY OVERVIEW

The Privacy Act (45CFR5b) regulations affect the routine manners in which we maintain and control private information of our patients. We must protect the privacy of individuals to the fullest extent possible while permitting the exchange of records to efficiently carry out the objectives of the mission of the Laboratory of Pathology (LP) compatible with the purpose for which the records are collected and maintained. This policy applies to employees, contractors, and volunteers who work with private information in LP; but may also be shared with healthcare providers and their patients to assist them in understanding why information is collected and how it is used.

Last Updated 1/12/2009 2:43:03 PM