PATIENT PRIVACY

E.C. Medical Equipment, Inc. is committed to preserving the privacy of your personal health information. In fact, we are required by law to protect the privacy of your medical information and to provide you with Notice describing:

HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION.

E.C. Medical Equipment, Inc. is required by law to have your written consent before we use or disclose your medical information for purposes of providing or arranging for your health care, the administrative activities supporting your treatment.

E.C. Medical Equipment, Inc. may be required or permitted by certain laws to use and disclose your medical information for other purposes without consent or authorization.

As our patient, you have important rights relating to inspecting and copying your medical information that we maintain, amending or correcting information, obtaining an accounting of our disclosures of your medical information, requesting that we communicate with you confidentially, requesting that we restrict certain uses and disclosures of your health information, and complaining if you think your rights have been violated.

E.C. Medical Equipment, Inc. has available a detailed Notice of Privacy Practices which fully explains your rights and our obligations under the law. We may revise our Notice from time to time. The effective date at the top right side of this page indicates the date of the most current Notice in effect.

You have the right to receive a copy of our most current Notice in effect. If you have not yet reserved a copy of our current Notice, please ask an EC Medical Equipment employee and they will provide you with a copy.

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about the Notice or your medical information, please contact Jean Chipongian at 805-483-3422