Privacy Policy

The appropriate collection, use and disclosure of patients' personal health information is fundamental to our day-to-day operations and to patient care. Protecting the privacy and the confidentiality of patient personal information is important to the physicians and staff at the Humane Center For Arthritis And Rheumatism. We strive to provide our patients with excellent medical care and service. Every member of the Humane Center For Arthritis And Rheumatism must abide by our commitment to privacy in the handling of personal information. This policy was last modified on the 1st day of February, 2024.

Applicability of This Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy attests to our commitment to privacy and demonstrates the ways we ensure that patient privacy is protected. Our Privacy Policy applies to the personal health information of all our patients that is in our possession and control.

What is Personal Health Information?
Personal health information means identifying information about an individual relating to their physical or mental health (including medical history), the providing of health care to the individual, payments or eligibility for health care, organ and tissue donation and health number.

The Principles of Privacy
Our Privacy Policy reflects our compliance with fair information practices, applicable laws and standards of practice.

1. SMS text policy
The text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties.

2. Accountability
We take our commitment to securing patient privacy very seriously. Each physician and employee associated with the Practice is responsible for the personal information under his/her control. Our employees are informed about the importance of privacy and receive information periodically to update them about our Privacy Policy and related issues.

3. Identifying Purposes: Why We Collect Information
We ask you for information to establish a relationship and serve your medical needs. We obtain most of our information about you directly from you, or from other health practitioners whom you have seen and authorized to disclose to us. You are entitled to know how we use your information and this is described in the Privacy Statement posted at The Centre for Family Medicine. We will limit the information we collect to what we need for those purposes, and we will use it only for those purposes. We will obtain your consent if we wish to use you information for any other purpose.

4. Consent
You have the right to determine how your personal health information is used and disclosed. For most health care purposes, your consent is implied as a result of your consent to treatment, however, in all circumstances express consent must be written.

5. Limiting Collection, Use, Disclosure and Retention
We collect information by fair and lawful means and collect only that information which may be necessary for purposes related to the provision of your medical care.
The information we request from you is used for the purposes defined. We will seek your consent before using the information for purposes beyond the scope of the posted Privacy Statement.