Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice

KPC HEALTHCARE, INC.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

Effective Date: This Notice is effective on January 30, 2014.

  1. Who Presents this Notice

    This joint notice (“Notice”) describes how your medical information will be used and disclosed by Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (“KPC Healthcare”), members of its workforce, medical staff members, and allied health professionals who practice at any KPC Healthcare facility, including the following hospitals (each, a “Hospital” or together, “Hospitals”):

    Western Medical Center – Santa Ana,
    Western Medical Center – Anaheim,
    Coastal Communities Hospital, and

    Chapman Medical Center

    KPC Healthcare, its Hospitals, and the individual health care providers who provide services at the Hospitals are together sometimes referred to collectively as “we” or “us” in this Notice. While KPC Healthcare, its Hospitals, and health professionals engage in many joint activities and provide services in a clinically integrated care setting, the Hospitals and health professionals are separate legal entities and separately responsible for complying with this Notice and applicable law. This Notice applies to services furnished to you at any KPC Healthcare facility as a Hospital inpatient or outpatient or any other services provided to you in a Hospital-affiliated program involving the use or disclosure of your medical information (known as “protected health information” or “PHI”). Your doctors and other health care providers may have different practices or notices about the use and disclosure of your PHI in their own offices or clinics.