Community resources: - Christiana Care Health System

Research. In most cases, we will ask for your written approval before using your medicalinformation or sharing it with others in order to conduct research. However, we may use andgive your health information without your approval:•After we have gone through a special process and can assure your privacy rights will not bebroken.•To share with people within our own facility who are preparing a research project or tryingto get patients involved in research.In the event of death, we may share health information with people who are doing research as longas they agree not to remove from our agency any information that identifies a person.As required by law. We will give out information about you when required to do so by federal,state, or local law.To help avoid a serious threat to health or safety. We may use and give out medicalinformation about you to help avoid threat to your health and safety or the health and safety ofthe public or another person.Special SituationsOrgan and tissue donation. We may give out medical information about you to agencies thathandle getting organ(s), eye, tissue transplantation or to an organ donation bank that storesorgans.U. S. military and veterans. If you are a member of the armed forces, we may release medicalinformation about you as required by military command authorities. We may release medicalinformation about foreign military personnel to the appropriate foreign military authority. Wemay use and give out to the Department of Veterans Affairs medical information about you tofind out if you can get certain benefits.Workers’ compensation. We may release medical information about you for workers’compensation or similar programs.Public health risks. We may give out medical information about you for the following reasons:•For public health activities such as reporting disease outbreaks;•To report deaths;•To report reactions to medications or problems with products;•To notify people of recalls of medications/products they may be using;•To notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for getting orgiving someone else a disease or condition;•To notify the appropriate government authority if we believe a person has been the victim ofabuse, neglect or domestic violence.Health oversight activities. These activities are necessary for the government to monitor thehealthcare system, government programs and make sure agencies are following civil rightslaws. We may give out medical information to a health oversight agency for reasons allowed bylaw. These oversight activities include audits, investigations, inspections and licensure.22