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.


Your Health Care Information - Protecting Your Privacy
It is your right as a patient to be informed of the privacy practices of your health care provider as well as to be informed of your privacy rights with respect to your personal health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices is intended to provide you with this information.

HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN, LTD., and Woodland Surgery Center, LLC’s Responsibilities
It is your right as a patient to be informed of HAND CLINIC AND WSC's legal duties with respect to protection of the privacy of your personal health information.

HAND CLINIC AND WSC is required to:

• Maintain the privacy of your health information;
• Provide you with a notice of the legal duties and privacy practices regarding protected health information collected and maintained about you; and
• Abide by the terms of this notice.

HAND CLINIC AND WSC reserves the right to change the terms of the notice of privacy practices and make the new notice provisions effective for all protected health information that it maintains. HAND CLINIC AND WSC also reserves the right change the terms of its notice with respect to any applicable more limited uses and disclosures.

HAND CLINIC AND WSC will promptly revise and distribute its notice whenever HAND CLINIC AND WSC makes a substantial change to any of its privacy practices.
HAND CLINIC AND WSC will not use or disclose your health information without your authorization, except as described in this notice.