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Christiana Care Visiting Nurse AssociationNotice of Privacy PracticesThis notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosedand how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.Effective Date: April 14, 2003If you have any questions about this notice, please contact Christiana Care Health System’s privacyofficer.Our promiseWe know that medical information about you and your health is private. We do our best to protectmedical information about you. We make a record of the care and treatment you receive at theagency. We need this record to give you good care and to follow certain rules and laws. This noticeapplies to all of the records of your care in the agency. Your personal doctor may have differentpolicies or notices regarding the use and sharing of your medical information created in the doctor’soffice or clinic. This notice will tell you about the ways we may use and give out medical informationabout you. It will also tell you about your rights and certain rules and laws we have to follow for theuse and sharing of medical information.ConfidentialityVNA does not release any medical information unless you tell us in writing that we can. By signing aconsent to release information statement, you allow us to discuss your condition with physicians,health care professionals, insurance representatives and health care providers involved in your care.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Health Care Financing Administration) requiresthat all home health agencies collect standardized assessment information on admission, every twomonths during service and at discharge. The Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) isused to monitor and evaluate care provided by home health agencies. This information is confidentialunder the Federal Privacy Act and is disclosed only to authorized agencies listed on the consent form.Who will follow this notice:All disciplines of the agency.Any doctor who contributes information to your medical record.Any volunteer we allow to help with filing of information.All employees, staff and agency personnel.All of these people follow these rules and may share medical information with each other fortreatment, payment or running of the agency.The law requires we must:Make sure that your information is kept private;Tell you about the rules and laws we must follow; andDo what this notice says.20