Notice to Patients About Dimer Health Participation in Health Information Exchange Operated by Healthix

Dimer Health participates in the health information exchange operated by Healthix. Healthix is a not-for-profit organization and a qualified entity (QE) under New York State Department of Health. Healthix facilitates the sharing of information about people’s health electronically and meets the privacy and security standards of HIPAA, HITRUST and New York State Law.

This Notice is to inform our patients that as part of participation in Healthix Dimer Health electronically sends/uploads our patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI) to Healthix. Healthix is a business associate of this practice under HIPAA.

Certain staff at Dimer Health are authorized to access your information through Healthix subject to applicable patient consent rules. Consent to access Healthix is granted by the patient on an organization-by-organization basis. In the absence of consent, certain limited data may be shared to support your care (for example, Limited Patient Care Alerts). However, patients have the option of denying access, whether to your provider or to all organizations in Healthix. If you choose to deny all access to Healthix, you may do so by visiting Healthix’s website at www.healthix.org or calling Healthix at 877-695-4749 or contacting compliance@healthix.org.

Information in Healthix about patients comes from places that have provided medical care or through health insurance (claims) information. These data sources may include hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, health insurers, the Medicaid program and other organizations that exchange health information electronically. Patients can obtain an updated list at any time by visiting www.healthix.org or by calling 1-877-695-4749.

If you have questions, you may contact:  contact@dimerhealth.com