Protection of Personal Information

TAMAGAWA hospital takes the utmost care in handling personal information to ensure that patients receive medical care at ease.
We may use your personal information for the following purposes: In that case, we will explain it again. We comply with the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information regarding the disclosure, correction, and suspension of use of patient’s personal information.

▶Provision of medical care
•Provision of medical services at our hospital.
•Collaboration with other hospitals, clinics, maternity clinics, pharmacies, home-visit nursing station, care service providers.
•Responding to inquiries from other medical institutions, etc.
•Seeking the opinion or advice of outside physicians regarding patient care.
•Outsourcing of operations to external companies, including outsourcing laboratory testing.
•Explaining the medical condition to patient’s famil.
•Other uses related to the provision of medical care to patients.

▶For administrative procedure related to medical billing.
•Administrative work and outsourcing related to our hospital’s medical care, nursing care, worker’s compensation insurance, and publicly funded medical care.
•Submission of health insurance claims to examinations and payment agencies.
•Responding to inquiries from examination and payment agencies or insurers.
•Submitting health insurance claims to administrative organ, etc. and responding to inquiries.
•Other uses include medical care, nursing care, worker’s compensation insurance, and medical expenses claims related to publicly funded medical care, etc.

▶Management and operation of our hospital.
•Ward management regarding admission and discharge.
•Accounting / financial management
•Reporting of medical accidents, etc.
•Notification to public health center, etc. in accordance with laws and regulations.
•Improving medical services
•Other uses related to management and operation of our hospital.

▶ Notification to health examinations results, etc. conducted upon commission from companies, etc.
▶ Consultation and notification to medical professional organizations, insurance companies, etc. regarding medical personnel liability insurance, etc.
▶ Basic materials for maintaining and improving medical / nursing care services and operations.
▶ Case-based research conducted at the hospital for the purpose of medical education and improvement of the quality of medical care.
▶ providing information to external auditing organizations.
▶ Use of multilingual interpreters and translators contracted by our hospital.
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