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Chris Hertel
The three healthcare organizations I identified are
1.
Central Florida Health Care- https://cfhc.org/hipaa/
2.
Advent Health- https://www.adventhealth.com/legal
3.
Lakeland Regional Health Center-
https://www.mylrh.org/hipaa-notice-
privacy-practices/#:~:text=For%20Treatment%3A%20We%20may
%20use,are%20involved%20in%20your%20care
.
For these organizations they don’t explicitly state what the laws and
regulations are, bit their privacy policy is set based on guidelines established by
law in Florida. For example, Central Florida Health Care uses data from the
patients I.P. address for instances in which the patients password may need to be
reset, and is included in the email sent to reset the password. There are also
guidelines set for the use of cookies when visiting their site. The cookies are used
for convenience’s sake such as the “remember me” feature when logging into the
patient portal or when leaving a comment on their site and leaving your name so
you don’t have to keep reentering it. At the Central Florida Health Care facilities,
they have the state laws available as needed to be displayed, they abide by HIPPA
for keeping medical information private.
For Advent Health, they state they ask for personally identifiable
information so they may create data personalized for your own needs. The
information included is health information, age, address, phone number etc. so
they may generate as relatable of a response as possible. They also use certain
information to market to the patients for services or locations that they may need
or want to use. Advent Health states they use a third-party service provider but
don’t share to unaffiliated providers. They disclose information as required by law
or in the event it would be beneficial to legal action against a third-party provider
in the event there’s a leak of information.
Lakeland Regional Health Centers have a pledge regarding medical
information, they use personal information to better assist in providing care to
their patients, providers within their centers may abide by additional policies or
notices to better protect patient information and these notices are available for
patients to look over. LRHC states they are required. By law to make sure that
medical information that identifies patients is kept private, they give patients this
notice of their legal duties and privacy practices regarding their medical
information, and that they follow the terms of their notice. In their policy they
state a few instances in which they may release patient information, there is an
extensive list however I will provide a few examples and the rest may be found in
my attached reference link at the end of this paper. One instance they mention is
the release of information due to a federal, state, or local law enforcement
agencies subpoena, court order, or warrant, another instance is the event of a
public health risk regarding disease control, reporting births and deaths and so on,
they also state for military personnel they may release requested information
required by a military command as necessary.
For all three providers, I noticed they all have a link for HIPPA information in
regard to keeping information safe. I didn’t want to list HIPPA policies three
separate times, but I think it is commonly known among health care providers
that HIPPA sets the standard for keeping patient information safe. Keeping health
information safe is an essential practice that keeps trust between patients and
facilities, patients are vulnerable when needing health care so it is our duty to
keep their minds at ease.
References:
https://cfhc.org/privacy-policy/#
https://www.adventhealth.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://www.mylrh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Notice-of-Privacy-
Practices.pdf
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