About HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known as HIPAA, controls the way health care providers and health plans must handle privacy and security of patient information. Organizations affected by HIPAA must be compliant or risk investigation by the Office of Civil Rights and possible fines and penalties.
 
HIPAA's primary purpose is to ensure that protected health information (PHI) is properly handled. PHI is any health information created or received (electronic records, paper records and spoken communication) that could identify a specific person. One of the most obvious pieces of PHI is a patient's medical record. But, it also includes ID bracelets, photographs, insurance cards, dictation tapes, and procedure codes, etc. 
 
If a patient has concerns regarding the use of their PHI at Saint John Hospital, they can do the following:
- contact the HIPAA Privacy Officer at
913-596-4170
- contact the Information Security Officer at
913-680-6477
- via the hospital online occurrence reporting system "Quantros"
 
View the HIPPA policy at Saint John Hospital.