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Confidentiality

VITAL FOR PATIENT PRIVACY
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) is a U.S. law
designed to provide standards to protect patients’ medical records and other
health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care
providers.

• FCS has a legal and ethical • You are not permitted to use any
responsibility to safeguard the FCS computer or information
privacy of all patients and patient technology systems or devices for
information. personal use.
• As a volunteer, you may come • You are required to sign and
in contact with confidential date the FCS Foundation
information. You are only to access Confidentiality Agreement
and use this information when and comply with all terms and
it is necessary to perform your conditions included in this form.
volunteer service. You must not By signing this agreement you
discuss confidential information understand that violation of
where others can overhear the the Confidentiality Agreement
conversation. may result in disciplinary action,
• You must not disclose or discuss including suspension and/or loss
confidential information with of privileges, up to termination of
others, including friends or family your volunteer services.
who do not have a need to
know that information. It is not
acceptable to discuss confidential
information, even if the patient’s
name is not used.

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