What is Saint Marys Health Care doing about HIPAA?
At Saint Mary’s the privacy and confidentiality of our patient’s personal health information is taken very seriously. Policies and procedures are already in place to help assure the privacy of those who seek care in our institution. The HIPAA guidelines will assist us in fine tuning our privacy and confidentiality policies to better serve our patients. As a member of the Trinity Health system, Saint Mary’s is involved in the overall corporate efforts designed to address and reach compliance with the HIPAA regulations. Current efforts to address HIPAA are focused on disseminating the information and tools to assist the various departments in the hospital in their efforts to work toward full compliance. To assist in coordinating activities related to reaching full compliance with the HIPAA guidelines, Saint Mary’s has recently appointed an Organizational Integrity/HIPAA Manager, who serves as the hospital’s HIPAA site coordinator. In addition, the hospital has formed the Saint Mary’s HIP
