Notice of Privacy Practices

The patient has the right, within the law, to personal and informational privacy, as manifested by the following rights:

1. To refuse to talk with or see anyone not officially connected with the hospital, including visitors, or persons officially connected with the hospital, but not directly involved in his/her care.
2. To wear appropriate personal clothing and religious and other symbolic items as long as they do not interfere with diagnostic procedures or treatments.
3. To be interviewed and examined in surroundings designed to assure reasonable visual and auditory privacy. This includes the right to have a person of one’s own sex present during certain parts of a physical examination, treatment, or procedure performed by a health professional of the opposite sex and the right not to remain disrobed any longer than is required for accomplishing the medical purpose for which the patient was asked to disrobe.
4. To determine the amount of involvement of family/significant others in his/her care.
5. To expect that any discussion or consultation involving his/her case will be conducted discreetly and that individuals not directly involved in his/her care will not be present without his/her permission.
6. To have his/her medical record read only by individuals directly involved in his/her treatment or in the monitoring of its quality and by other individuals only on his/her written authorization of that of his/her legally authorized representative.
7. To expect all communications and other records pertaining to his/her care, including the source of payment or treatment, to be treated as confidential.
8. To be placed in protective privacy when considered necessary for personal safety.

HIPAA

HIPPA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)

Upon admission, each patient is provided Oakdale Community Hospital’s Notice of Privacy Practices Brochure. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. In order to protect your privacy, please note that you or your family should not approach a physician or staff member concerning patient information where other people can hear your discussion, such as the hallway or in the cafeteria. You have the right to access, request amendment to, and receive an accounting of disclosures regarding your own health information as permitted under applicable law.