What is HIPAA?

HIPAA stands for Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.

In compliance with this Act, Hamakua Health Center is required to post its policy statement regarding access to private health information. The document linked below describe Patients' Rights related to HIPAA and Health Information Privacy.

Please read this document prior to coming to the Health Center for treatment. Mahalo!

Note: These document is in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format, and you will need have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer to view them.

Click here for a Summary of HHC's Notice of Privacy Practices.

If you have comments or questions, please feel free to contact us.