HIPAA Policy: HIPAA and patient privacy information

HIPAA was enacted in part to maintain the privacy of patients' medical and personal information by creating national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information. In short, HIPAA ensures you have control over your health information by setting boundaries on the use and release of these records. HIPAA establishes appropriate safeguards that health care providers and others must achieve to protect the privacy of health information and generally limits release of information to the minimum reasonably needed for the purpose of the disclosure. 

Our pledge to you

 In accordance with this legal requirement, UW Health pledges to: 

• Notify patients about their privacy rights and how their information can be used

• Continue implementing privacy procedures for its practice and hospital

• Train employees so that they understand and abide by the privacy procedures

View the full notice of privacy practices | Aviso sobre normas de privacidad (pdf)