Notice of Privacy Policy

This notice describes the privacy practices of: Whidbey General Hospital and its credentialed medical staff; our Community Clinics (North, South, and Dental); Home Healthcare and Hospice; and hospital-managed primary care and specialty clinics.

This notice describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY

WE HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI)
We are required by law to protect the privacy of your health information. We call this information "protected health information," or "PHI" for short. PHI includes information that can be used to identify you. We may have created or received this information about your past, present, or future health or condition, the provision of health care to you, or payment for this health care. We must provide you with notice about our privacy practices explaining how, when and why we use and disclose your PHI.

With some exceptions, we may not use or disclose any more of your PHI than is necessary to accomplish the purpose of the use or disclosure. Additional disclosures of records outside of these uses requires authorization from you, the patient. Any given authorization may be revoked at a future date. We are legally required to follow the privacy practices that are described in this notice.

We reserve the right to change the terms of this notice and our privacy policies at any time. Any changes will apply to the PHI we already have. Before we make an important change to our policies, we will promptly change this notice and post a new notice in the hospital’s main reception area. We are bound by the notice in effect at the time of your service. You may also request a copy of this notice from our Admitting Department at any time and can view a copy of the notice on our website at www.whidbeygen.org.