I. Permitted Use or Disclosure

A. Treatment: The agency will use and disclose your PHI in the provision and coordination of health care to carry out treatment functions.

• The Agency may disclose all or any portion of your patient medical record information to your attending physician, consulting physician(s), nurses, technicians, medical students and other health care providers who have a legitimate need for such information in your care and continued treatment.
• THHS agencies are Catholic sponsored health care providers. Spiritual care providers are sometimes members of hospice interdisciplinary teams that use your medical information to provide health care services to clients receiving hospice services.
• Different departments will share medical information about you in order to coordinate specific services, such as lab work, x-rays and prescriptions.
• The agency also will disclose your medical information to people or entities that will be involved in your medical care after you leave our services, such as family members and others who will provide services that are part of your care.
• The agency will share certain information such as your name, address, employment, insurance carrier, emergency contact information and appointment scheduling information in an effort to coordinate your treatment with us and with other health care providers.
• The agency will use and disclose your PHI to inform you of, or recommend possible treatment options or alternatives that will be of interest to you.
• The agency will use and disclose PHI to contact you as a reminder that you have an in-home visit scheduled.
• If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement officer, the agency will disclose your PHI to the correctional institution or law enforcement official.