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Our Notice of Privacy Practices, available below, describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. This Notice of Privacy Practices will tell you about the ways we may use and disclose medical information about you. We also describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding such medical information.
We are required by law to make sure that medical information which identifies you is kept private; give you this Notice of Privacy Practices of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your medical information; and follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.
This Notice of Privacy Practices covers the physician practices of 91探花 Medical College (collectively "91探花", "we" or "us"), including its employed physicians and other personnel.
If you are being treated by a 91探花 physician while in another institution, such as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, you should refer to that other institution's Notice of Privacy Practices for information about how your medical information may be used and disclosed and whom to contact to exercise your rights.
YOUR INFORMATION ? YOUR RIGHTS ? OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
91探花 (WCM), NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), and Columbia University participate in an Organized Health Care Arrangement (OHCA). This allows us to share health information to carry out treatment, payment and joint health care operations relating to the OHCA, including integrated information system management, health information exchange, financial and billing services, insurance, quality improvement, and risk management activities. Organizations that will follow this notice include 91探花, all NYP sites, Columbia University, and their related entities.
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.
These are the limited ways in which the WCM Connect application (WCM Connect) interacts with your information, depending on the features we enable for your use:
The WCM Connect Location Services feature employs the use of Global Position System (GPS) and Bluetooth technology to approximate your location. Location Services and Bluetooth must be enabled on your device in order for this technology to be employed by Connect. You can enable or disable these services on your device at any time. WCM Connect utilizes Location Services in order to provide the following experiences while at any of our WCM facilities that support the technology:
Your Location Services information is anonymous to us, which means it is not stored, used to track movement within our facilities, shared with, or sold to others. It is only utilized by WCM Connect with your permission and while at our facilities to render the listed services. Location Services are only utilized whenever you reach the perimeter of our facilities, are within our facilities and not at any time outside of the perimeter of our facilities.
You have the right to:
You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we:
We may use and share your information as we:
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights.This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities.
You can ask us to correct information about you in your medical record that you think is incorrect or incomplete by writing to the Privacy Officer at the end of this notice.
We may say "no" to your request, but we'll tell you why in writing within 60 days.
You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address. We will say “yes" to all reasonable requests.
You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times and with whom we've shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask. We are not required to include disclosures for treatment, payment, and health care operations, or certain other disclosures (such as regulatory filings). We'll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.
You can ask for a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.
You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting the Privacy Officer where the violation occurred:
You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting .
We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share.If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will try to accommodate your requests where we can.
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us whether to:
If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
In these cases, we never share your information unless you give us written permission:
In the case of marketing & fundraising:
Health Information Exchange:
We may also participate in certain health information exchanges that share health information electronically with other healthcare providers, as permitted by New York and federal law.
We typically use or share your health information in the following way.
We can use your health information to treat you and share it with other professionals who are treating you. Example: A doctor treating you asks another doctor about your overall health condition.
We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.
We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities. Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.
We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways- usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: understanding/consumers/index.html.
We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:
We can use or share your information for health research.
We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we're complying with federal privacy law.
We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations for organ, eye or tissue donation or transplantation.
We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.
We can use or share health information about you:
We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order or in response to a subpoena if certain requirements are met.
For more information see: .
We can change the terms of this Notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new Notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our web site.
In addition to the Federal rules regarding privacy, we will follow New York State laws regarding health care privacy. We will obtain appropriate consents before we share information concerning your genetic information, HIV status, substance abuse and certain mental health information. We also will obtain your consent for other uses and disclosures of your health information when required by New York law to do so.
If you have received treatment in an OHCA substance use disorder clinic, you may have additional rights over our use or disclosure of your records. The following additional protections and rights are given to substance use disorder records (“Part 2 records”) created in an OHCA Substance Use Disorder clinic (“Part 2 Program”).
This section supplements the rest of this Notice and describes: (i) How Part 2 records about you may be used and disclosed; (ii) your rights with respect to your Part 2 records; and (iii) how to file a complaint concerning a violation of the privacy or security of your Part 2 records, or your rights concerning your Part 2 records.
We may use and disclose your Part 2 records only as described in this section or with your written consent.
We will require you to provide a single consent for all future uses or disclosures for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations purposes in order to ensure you receive the highest level of coordinated care. Once your Part 2 records are disclosed to a HIPAA covered entity (such as another health care provider or a health insurance company) or a business associate (companies that provide services on behalf of HIPAA covered entities), the recipient may disclose your information consistent with HIPAA and this Notice of Privacy Practices.
The one exception is that you will always need to sign a separate consent in order for your Part 2 records to be used in a civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceeding against you.
We will make uses and disclosures of your Part 2 records not described in this Notice only with your consent.
You may revoke (withdraw) your consent at any time by submitting a request to your provider. We will no longer use or disclose your Part 2 records after such time, except to the extent we have acted in reliance upon it.
Part 2 records or testimony relaying the content of such records, will not be used or disclosed in any civil, administrative, criminal, or legislative proceedings against you unless based on specific written consent or a court order.
Records shall only be used or disclosed based on a court order after notice and an opportunity to be heard is provided to you and/or the OHCA. A court order authorizing use or disclosure must be accompanied by a subpoena or other similar legal mandate compelling disclosure before the record is used or disclosed.
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with 91探花 or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with 91探花, please call or write to the Privacy Officer at the address listed below. You will not be penalized or retaliated against for filing a complaint.
If you have a question about this Notice of Privacy Practices, please contact:
Privacy Office
91探花 Medical College
1300 York Avenue, Box 303
New York, N.Y. 10021
Tel: (646) 962-6930
Email: privacy@med.cornell.edu
See also: 91探花 Web Terms Of Use, Notice of Privacy Practices (Espa?ol)
91探花, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Columbia University cumple con las leyes federales de derechos civiles aplicables y no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, nacionalidad, edad, discapacidad o sexo.
91探花、NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 和 Columbia University 遵守适用的联邦民权法律规定，不因种族、肤色、民族血统、年龄、残障或性别而歧视任何人。
91探花, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Columbia University соблюдает применимое федеральное законодательство в области гражданских прав и не допускает дискриминации по признакам расы, цвета кожи, национальной принадлежности, возраста, инвалидности.
Effective Date: July 8, 2026
