PATIENT PRIVACY INFORMATION
We are required by law to protect the privacy of your medical information and to provide you with written notice describing:
HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION:
We may use other disclose to others your medical information for purposes of providing or arranging for your health care, the payment for or reimbursement of the care that we provide to you, and the related administration activities supporting treatment.
We may be required or permitted by certain laws, regulation or circumstances to use and disclose your medical information for certain purposes without your authorization. Under other circumstances we may need your written authorization (that you may later revoke) in order to use or disclose your medical information.
We use various methods of security to keep your personal and medical information protected.
As our patient, you have important rights relating to inspection and copying your medical information that we may maintain, amending or creating that 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.
You have a right to receive a copy of our most current NOTICE in effect, please request a copy from staff at your visit. If you have questions, concerns or complaints about the notice of your medical information, please contact the HIPAA officer at Tualatin Eye Associates 503-692-3500.
Thank you!
Texting Consent:
By providing your mobile phone number, you agree to receive text messages from Tualatin Eye Associates regarding important healthcare updates like appointment reminders, medication refill notifications, and important health information related to your care.
You can opt-out of receiving these messages at any time by replying “STOP” to any text from us.
We will never share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
Privacy Policy Regarding Texting:
Data Collection: We collect your mobile phone number only when you actively choose to opt-in to receive text messages from our practice.
Data Usage: We use your phone number solely to send you healthcare-related text messages regarding your appointments, treatment plans, and important health updates.
Data Security: We employ industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information transmitted via text messages, including encryption and secure messaging platforms.
Data Retention: We retain your phone number only as long as necessary to provide you with relevant healthcare information, and we will remove your number from our system upon your request to opt-out.