The medical information a patient shares with St. John's Health or any
health care provider should be private information. HIPAA is the formal
way to assure patients a provider takes the commitment to protect their
medical information seriously.
St. John's Health makes the following commitments to their patients to give that assurance.
Commit to respect the privacy of all health care information and give patients
a list of ways they will use or disclose the information within the industry
standard guidelines. Also, committing to get a patient’s specific,
written authorization to do things outside those industry standard uses
and disclosures guidelines. (The Privacy Rule).
Commit to follow industry standard guidelines for securing patient information
in any place it is stored or accessed by staff of the provider organization
as well as any other organizations or contractors the provider relies
on to run their business (aka Business Associates or BAs). (The Security Rule).
Commit to tell the patient (and proper authorities), as soon as possible,
if any unauthorized access to the private information occurs because everyone
understand there is no such thing as completely secure and infallible
systems for paper or electronic information. (The Breach Rule).
November 12 Special Board of Trustees Meeting - Modified Audit
