Personal Information and Confidentiality Obligation

Healthcare professionals are bound by confidentiality obligations stipulated in the laws established for their respective qualifications, such as the Medical Practitioners Act, the Public Health Nurses, Midwives and Nurses Act, the Clinical Laboratory Technologists Act, and the Radiological Technologists Act.

In addition, our clinic strives to protect personal information in accordance with the regulations of Sennari Clinic.

We are fully committed to protecting our patients' personal information.

Our clinic uses personal information for the following purposes and handles it with the utmost care. If you have any concerns regarding the handling of personal information, please feel free to speak with our reception desk. (Clinic Director)

Purpose of Use of Personal Information at Our Clinic

  • Provision of medical care: Provision of medical services at our hospital / Cooperation with other hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, visiting nurse stations, long-term care service providers, etc. / Responses to inquiries from other medical institutions / Seeking opinions or assistance from external doctors for the patient's medical examination / Outsourcing of laboratory tests and other business outsourcing / Explanation of medical condition to family members / Other uses related to the provision of medical care to patients
  • Administrative work for medical fee billing: Administrative work related to our hospital's medical insurance, nursing care insurance, and publicly funded medical care, as well as outsourcing thereof / Submission of medical claims (recepts) to review and payment organizations, and responses to inquiries / Submission of medical claims to administrative agencies regarding publicly funded medical care, and responses to inquiries / Other uses for billing medical fees related to medical, nursing care, workers' accident compensation insurance, and publicly funded medical care
  • Administrative and operational duties of our hospital: accounting and bookkeeping; reporting of medical accidents, etc.; improvement of medical services for the relevant patients; ward management such as admissions and discharges; and other uses related to the administrative and operational duties of our hospital.
  • Notification of the results of health check-ups and other procedures commissioned by companies or other organizations to those companies or organizations
  • Consultation with or notification to specialized medical organizations, insurance companies, etc., regarding physicians' professional liability insurance, etc.
  • Basic materials for maintaining and improving medical and nursing care services and operations
  • Cooperation with medical and nursing care practical training
  • A case study within our hospital aimed at improving the quality of medical care
  • Providing information to external audit organizations

Addendum

  • If there are any items among the above that you do not wish to consent to providing to other medical institutions, etc., please let us know.
  • If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you have given your consent.
  • These offers can be withdrawn or changed at any time.
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