Yasumoto IVR Clinic regards the appropriate management of personal information as one of its social responsibilities and hereby establishes the following policy on the protection of personal information.
We ensure that all staff and related parties are fully informed of this policy, and we strive to protect personal information.

• Compliance with Laws and Regulations

  The Clinic complies with laws and regulations concerning the protection of personal information, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, as well as related guidelines, and manages patients’ personal information appropriately.

• Collection and Use of Personal Information

  We collect and use personal information only to the extent necessary for providing medical care to our patients and for the operational management of the Clinic as a medical institution.

• Security Control Measures

  We implement appropriate security control measures to prevent unauthorized access to, as well as the loss, destruction, alteration, or leakage of, patients’ personal information.

• Provision to Third Parties and Use of Information

  To ensure that patients can continue to receive appropriate medical care, we may provide information concerning their treatment to other medical institutions (hospitals, clinics, etc.) as necessary.
  We may also use personal information for the following purposes:
  – Explaining a patient’s condition to their family
  – Education of staff and students
  – Improvement and advancement of the quality of medical care
  Any use for purposes other than the above will be carried out only with the patient’s consent.

• Disclosure of Information

  We respond appropriately to patients’ requests for the disclosure, correction, or suspension of use of their medical information.
  However, disclosure may be restricted where it would interfere with the continuation of appropriate medical care.

■ Matters Concerning Consent

If there are any matters concerning the provision or use of personal information related to your medical care to which you do not consent, please let us know in advance.
If no such request is made, you will be deemed to have consented to these uses.

■ Use Within the Clinic

• Medical care provided to patients
• Medical insurance administration
• Ward management, including admissions and discharges
• Accounting and finance
• Reporting of medical incidents and similar matters
• Improvement of medical services for patients
• Basic data for maintaining and improving operations
• Cooperation with clinical training within the clinic
• In-house study aimed at improving the quality of medical care (case conferences, nursing case studies, etc.)
• Surveys of treatment progress and outcomes
• Other administrative and operational tasks related to patients

■ Provision of Information Outside the Clinic

• Cooperation with other medical institutions, pharmacies, long-term care service providers, etc.
• Responses to inquiries from other medical institutions and similar organizations
• Seeking opinions or advice from outside physicians and other experts for diagnosis and treatment
• Outsourcing of laboratory testing and other services
• Explaining a patient’s condition to their family members
• Submission of medical fee claims to claims review and reimbursement organizations
• Responses to inquiries from claims review and reimbursement organizations or insurers
• Consultation with or notification to professional medical organizations or insurance companies in connection with physicians’ liability insurance, etc.
• Provision of information to emergency services personnel following emergency transport
• Provision of information to external audit organizations
• Reports to academic societies, research meetings, publications, etc., in a form that does not identify individuals
• Other uses related to medical insurance administration for patients

* If there are any of the above matters concerning the provision of information to other medical institutions, etc., to which you do not consent, please let us know.
If no such request is made, you will be deemed to have given your consent.