I-Medicus, Inc. is governed by all laws concerning the Healthcare Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, and other State and Federal laws and regulations regarding patient records, privacy, and confidentiality of healthcare information.

HIPAA is a valuable and important regulation that ensures that patient records are safe from those who do not have permission to access them. At I-Medicus, Inc. our goal is to provide the physician with the most secure record keeping possible. For this reason, we monitor our systems at all times and continually research innovative technologies to further increase security and patient confidentiality.

Symphony Suites EMR™ stores all patient data on a secured server and transmits patient data over the Internet using SSL (secured sockets layer) encryption. Information stored in our database is encrypted and backed up daily.

I-Medicus, Inc. is very concerned about the privacy of its patient records, and makes every effort to ensure that all physician and patient records are kept private, confidential and secure from unauthorized access and dissemination.

Patients have a right to know that their medical information is being kept confidential and that all possible efforts are being taken to protect this right.

Internally, only the physician gives permission to users of the practice to access their patients’ information. Further, the physician delineates the amount of information they want their users to access. The physician is able to provide or deny access to each user at any time.

It is incumbent upon the relationship I-Medicus, Inc. has with physicians to provide confidence that a secure and confidential environment with respect to patients’ records and patient health information (PHI) is being provided. Therefore,

• I-Medicus, Inc. will not release to any third party, make available, or distribute PHI without the consent of both the patient and the physician, except where required by law.
• I-Medicus, Inc. will not release for sale or for other distribution patient identifiable data.
• I-Medicus, Inc. will not release PHI for marketing and sales purposes.
• I-Medicus. Inc. will not use physician identifiable data for marketing and sales purposes unless authorized by the physician.
• I-Medicus, Inc. will release to the physician, upon request, all files and records of their patients.
• I-Medicus, Inc. will make available all PHI to the physician and authorized users of the practice designated by the physician.