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Hippa Privacy Notice Epworth Fire/EMS HIPAA Guidelines – 2009 The Epworth Fire Department requires all of its members to be regularly trained on and operate under strict guidelines of the federal patient privacy law referred to as HIPAA. (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act) We as a department are required to keep all patient information confidential at all times. All patient information filed electronically can only be accessed by a secured login and password. Any paperwork involving patient information is secured in a locked filing system with access only by authorized personnel. At the time a patient arrives at the Hospital from a transport by Epworth Ambulance, a patient or family member is given a copy of our HIPAA policy. The patient or patient’s family has all necessary information to contact us should they feel they have any questions or issues with our handling of their patient information. Should you have any questions at all on our patient confidentiality policy, please contact us at our main number at 563-876-3321. Thank you.
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