Sunshine Mental Wellness Associates Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to our Practice's Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
This Practice collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. This Practice also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by this website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of this Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
This Practice encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from the website so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. This Practice is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on any other Web sites.
This Practice collects and uses your personal information to operate the Web site and deliver the services you have requested. This Practice also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from this Practice and its affiliates. This Practice may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
This Practice does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. This Practice may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
This Practice does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
This Practice will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law.
The Web site uses "cookies" to help this Practice personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
This Practice secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. This Practice secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
This Practice will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how this Practice is protecting your information.
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Sunshine Mental Wellness Associates Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your medical information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI) and to provide you with this Notice of Privacy Practices explaining our legal duties and privacy practices.
We are required to follow the terms of this notice currently in effect.
We may use and disclose your protected health information for the following purposes:
1. Treatment
We may use your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your care. This includes sharing information with other healthcare providers involved in your treatment.
2. Payment
We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services provided to you. This may include billing insurance companies, administrative platforms, or processing payment for services.
3. Healthcare Operations
We may use and disclose your health information for practice operations, including:
Quality assessment and improvement
Staff training and supervision
Business management and administrative activities
Compliance and auditing functions
We may also use or disclose your health information without your written authorization when required or permitted by law, including:
Public health activities
Health oversight activities
Judicial and administrative proceedings
Law enforcement purposes
Serious threats to health or safety
Abuse, neglect, or domestic violence reporting
Workers’ compensation claims
We will obtain your written authorization for uses and disclosures not described in this notice, including:
Psychotherapy notes (when applicable)
Marketing communications not related to treatment
Sale of protected health information
You may revoke your authorization at any time in writing.
You have the following rights:
1. Right to Access
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your health records.
2. Right to Amend
You may request an amendment to your health information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
3. Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures of your health information.
4. Right to Request Restrictions
You may request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your health information.
5. Right to Request Confidential Communications
You may request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location.
6. Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have the right to receive a paper copy of this notice at any time.
We are required to:
Maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information
Notify you if a breach of your unsecured health information occurs
Follow the terms of this notice
We reserve the right to revise this notice. Any revised notice will be posted on our website and will apply to all health information we maintain.
As a telemedicine practice, we use HIPAA-compliant electronic health record systems, secure telehealth platforms, and encrypted communications to protect your health information. We maintain Business Associate Agreements with third-party vendors who may access protected health information as part of their services.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
Contact for Privacy Concerns:
Evan Donin, PMHNP-BC
Sunshine Mental Wellness Associates Inc.
Phone: 516-331-1353
Fax: 833-672-3420
Email: sunshinemwafl@gmail.com
You may also file a complaint with:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/
The licensing information does not need to be on the home page specifically. It would be best to place it on the provider bio page and/or a “Where We Serve” or FAQ section, as long as it is easy for visitors to find. The prescription disclaimer can be placed on the services or medication management page, or in the FAQ section, rather than the home page. The main goal is for the information to be clearly visible and accessible within the site, not necessarily on the front page.
Please contact us by phone at 516-331-1363 or by mail at 34921 U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 160, Palm Harbor, FL 34698.