Protecting your privacy
Confidentiality, privacy and security of your medical
records are the responsibility of the health care facility
that owns them, but there are ways you can help
keep your records confidential too:
- Know what health information is being collected
about you
- Know who is collecting that information
- Find out what health care facility is in charge
of your medical records
- Ask how that health care facility keeps your
records
confidential
- Read the fine print before you authorize to release
your health information. Make sure the authorization
specifies who will receive your information
and how it will be used.
