HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective Date: 08-19-2025
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.
Our Responsibilities
The Q Institute is required by law to:
- Maintain the privacy of your health information.
- Provide you with this Notice describing our legal duties and privacy practices.
- Abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect.
- Notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
We may use and share your health information without your written authorization in the following ways:
- Treatment: To provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services. For example, sharing information with specialists, labs, or pharmacies involved in your care.
- Payment: To obtain payment for services provided, such as billing your insurance company.
- Healthcare Operations: For quality assessment, staff training, accreditation, and other operational purposes.
- Required by Law: To comply with federal, state, or local law.
- Public Health & Safety: For reporting certain diseases, injuries, or vital events; preventing or reducing threats to health and safety.
- Legal Matters: In response to court orders, subpoenas, or law enforcement requests as permitted by law.
- Health Oversight: For audits, investigations, inspections, or licensing purposes.
- Research: Under limited circumstances, when approved by an institutional review board or privacy board.
- Special Situations: Military and veterans affairs, workers’ compensation, organ donation, coroners/medical examiners, and national security purposes.
Other Uses and Disclosures
We will not use or disclose your health information for purposes not listed in this Notice without your written authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time, in writing, except where we have already acted in reliance on it.
Your Rights
You have the following rights with respect to your health information:
- Right to Access
You may request to inspect and obtain a copy of your medical records. - Right to Amend
You may request corrections to your medical records if you believe they are incomplete or incorrect. - Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information. - Right to Request Restrictions
You may request restrictions on how we use or disclose your information. While we are not required to agree to all requests, we will comply when legally obligated. - Right to Confidential Communications
You may request that we contact you in a specific way (for example, only at work or by mail). - Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You may request a printed copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically. - Right to File a Complaint
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. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact Information
For questions, requests, or complaints, please contact:
Privacy Officer
The Q Institute
111 SW 3rd St #302
Miami, FL 33130
Email: info@theqinstitute.com
You may also contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights.
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice at any time. The revised Notice will apply to all medical information we maintain and will be posted on our website and available in our office.