This Notice Describes Our Practices And Those Of:
• Any health care professional allowed to enter information into your chart;
• Any volunteer we allow to help you while you are here; and
• All employees of any hospital, clinic, laboratory, or other facility affiliated with Bailey Medical Center.
• All of these people follow the terms of this notice. They may also share protected health information
with each other for treatment, payment or health care operations as described in this notice.
Our Pledge Regarding Health Information:
Bailey Medical Center uses health information about you for treatment, to obtain payment
for treatment, for administrative purposes, and to evaluate the quality of care that you receive.
Your health information is contained in a medical record that is the physical property of
Bailey Medical Center.
• We understand that health information about you and your health is personal.
• We are committed to protecting health information about you.
• This notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose health
information about you.
• We also describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure
of health information.
Bailey Medical Center Is Required By Law To:
• Make sure that medical information that identifies you is kept private;
• Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to medical information about you;
• Accommodate reasonable requests you may make to communicate health information by alternative
means or at alternative locations;
• Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.
How Bailey Medical Center May Use Or Disclose Your Health Information:
• For Treatment. Bailey Medical Center may use your health information to provide you with medical treat-
ment or services. For example, information obtained by a health care provider, such as a physician, nurse, or
other person providing health services to you, will record information in your record that is