We may use and disclose health information to provide a reminder to you about an appointment you have for treatment or medical care at Same Day Surgery Center.

We may use and disclose your health information to manage and coordinate your healthcare and inform you of treatment alternatives and other health related benefits that may be of interest to you.  This may include telling you about treatments, services, products and/or other healthcare providers.  For example, if you are diagnosed with diabetes, we may tell you about nutritional and other counseling services that may be of interest to you.

Your health information is maintained in an electronic health record at Same Day Surgery Center.  To facilitate access to information for the treatment purposes of shared patients, Same Day Surgery Center may allow access by outside health providers.

Same Day Surgery Center may choose to participate in electronic health information exchanges in order to facilitate access to health information by other health care providers who provide care to you.  For example, if you are admitted to the emergency room at another hospital that participated in the health information exchange, the exchange will allow us to make your health information available electronically to those who need it to treat you.

We can share health information about you for certain situations, such as:

• Preventing disease
• Helping with product recalls
• Reporting adverse reactions to medications
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety

We can use or share your information for health research.

We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.

We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations.

We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.