For Healthcare Operations Sample Clauses

For Healthcare Operations. We may use and disclose medical information about you for operations of the Practice or Facility. These uses and disclosures are necessary to run the Practice or Facility and make sure that all of our patients receive quality care. For example, we may use medical information to evaluate the performance of our staff in caring for you. We may also combine medical information about many patients to decide what additional services the Practice or Facility should offer, what services are not needed and whether certain new treatments are effective. We may also combine medical information we have with medical information from other Practices or Facilities to compare our performance and to make improvements in the care and services we offer. We may also disclose information to doctors, nurses, technicians, medical students and other Practice or Facility personnel for educational purposes. We may also disclose information about you to other healthcare facilities as permitted by law.
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For Healthcare Operations. We may use and disclose your protected health information in order to support our business activities, such as quality assessment and improvement activities, business planning, management and general administrative activities. For example, we may use your protected health information to determine how to improve our products, resolve complaints, and assess staff performance. To Business Associates We may contract with individuals or entities known as Business Associates to perform various functions on our behalf or to provide certain types of services. In order to perform these functions or to provide these services, Business Associates will receive, create, maintain, use and/or disclose your protected health information, but only after they agree in writing with us to implement appropriate safeguards regarding your protected health information. For example, we may disclose your protected health information to a Business Associate to administer claims or to provide support services, but only after the Business Associate enters into a Business Associate Agreement with us. As Required by Law We will disclose your protected health information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law. For example, we may disclose your protected health information when required by national security laws or public health disclosure laws. To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety We may use and disclose your protected health information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety, or the health and safety of the public or another person. Any disclosure, however, would only be to someone able to help prevent the threat. Organ and Tissue Donation and Procurement We may release your protected health information to organizations that handle organ procurement or organ, eye, or tissue transplantation or to an organ donation bank, as necessary to facilitate organ or tissue donation and transplantation.
For Healthcare Operations. We may use and disclose PHI for hospital operations. For example we may use the information to review our treatment and services and to evaluate the performance of our staff in caring for you.

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