COUNTY OF CLEVELAND
PRIVACY PRACTICES NOTICE
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED
AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. THE PRIVACY OF YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION IS
IMPORTANT TO US.
Our Legal Duty
We are required by applicable federal and state
law to maintain the privacy of your medical
information. We are also required to give you this
notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties,
and your rights concerning your medical information.
We must follow the privacy practices that are
described in this notice while it is in effect. This
notice takes effect April 14, 2003, and will remain in
effect unless we replace it.
We reserve the right to change our privacy
practices and the terms of this notice at any time,
provided such changes are permitted by applicable
law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our
privacy practices and the new terms of our notice
effective for all medical information that we
maintain, including medical information we created
or received before we made the changes. Before we
make a significant change in our privacy practices,
we will change this notice, post the revised notice at
each of our service delivery sites, and make the new
notice available to our patients and others upon
request.
You may request a copy of our notice at any
time. For more information about our privacy
practices, or for additional copies of this notice,
please contact us using the information at the end of
this notice.
Uses and Disclosures of Medical Information
Treatment:
We may use your medical
information, without your permission, to treat you.
We may disclose your medical information, without
your permission, to a physician or other health care
provider for your treatment. These treatment
activities include coordination of your care with other
providers, with health plans and with others,
consultation with other providers, and referral to
other providers related to