This website is operated by DuPage Family Wellness, PC. It is intended to serve both as a source of general information for anyone interested in our location and services, and to provide class participants with more specific information. DuPage Family Wellness does not require you to register or provide personal information to view this general information. However, we may send additional emails to class participants using an email address specified, provide restricted areas of the site that require class participants to create an account, login, use a private link, or fill out online forms. It is the policy of DuPage Family Wellness PC to use personal information only for the intended purpose, and DuPage Family Wellness PC will not share or sell it.

DuPage Family Wellness PC operates 3 websites, DupageFamilyWellness.com, DrJamieTripp.com, and BeattheCreep.com. Together these will be called the DuPage Family Wellness websites. The DuPage Family Wellness website provides links to third-party sites. Links to any site outside the DuPage Family Wellness websites are not generally controlled by DuPage Family Wellness PC, and we specifically disclaim responsibility for the content of those sites.  Further, the mere presence of a link to a third-party site appearing anywhere on this site is not by itself an endorsement in any way. Since DuPage Family Wellness PC does not control those Web sites, you are encouraged to review the privacy policies posted on those third-party sites.

The  DuPage Family Wellness websites and classes offered by DuPage Family Wellness PC, including, but not limited to the 7 Weeks of Real Food,  7 Week Nutrition Boot Camp, and the Wellness Warriors program, offer health, wellness, fitness, and nutritional information that is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute or replacement for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, please make an office appointment at DuPage Family Wellness, PC, or consult with your physician or other healthcare professionals. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your healthcare professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this site is solely at your own risk. The information stated or posted on this site or available through any associated services is not intended to be, and must not be taken to be, the practice of medical or counseling care. 

All text, emails, social media posts, images, videos, and diagrams provided on the DuPage Family Wellness websites, or related social media pages, are property of DuPage Family Wellness, PC, and not to be shared or copied.

 

 

Privacy Policy

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.

 

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record
  • Correct your paper or electronic medical record
  • Request confidential communication and to ask us to limit the information we share
  • Get a list of thesis with whom we’ve shared your information
  • Get a copy of this privacy notice
  • Choose someone to act for you
  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

 

Your Choices

You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we”

  • Tell family and friends about your condition

 

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we”

  • Treat you
  • Run our organization
  • Bill for your services
  • Help with public health and safety issues
  • Do research
  • Comply with the law
  • Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
  • Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
  • Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
  • Respond to lawsuits and legal action

 

Your Rights

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record

  • You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.
  • We will provide a copy or a summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

Ask us to correct your medical record

  • You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this
  • We may say “no” to your request, but we will tell you why in writing within 60 days.

Request confidential communications

  • You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, by home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.
  • We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.

Ask us to limit what we use or share

  • You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, we may say “no” if it would affect your care.
  • If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer. We will say ‘Yes’ unless a law requires us to share that information.

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

  • You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.
  • We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

Get a copy of this privacy notice

  • You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.

Choose someone to act for you

  • If you have given medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.
  • We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.

File a complaint if you feel your right are violated

  • You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting us using the information on page 1.
  • You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
  • We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.



Your Choices

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situation described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:

  • Share your information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care.
  • Share information in a disaster relief situation
  • Include your information in a hospital directory

If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example, if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

In these cases we never share your information unless you give us written permission:

  • Marketing purposes 
  • Sale of your information

In the case of fundraising:

  • We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.



Our Uses and Disclosures

How do we typically use or share your health information?

We typically use or share your health information in the following ways.

Treat you

We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.

Example” A doctor testing you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health condition.

Run our organization

We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary.

Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.

Bill you for services

We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.

Example” We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.

 

How else can we use or share your health information?

We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways - usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see:

www. hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumer/index.html. 

Help with public health and safety issues

We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:

  • Preventing disease
  • Helping with product recalls
  • Reporting adverse reactions to medications
  • Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
  • Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety

 

Do research

We can use or share your information for health research.

 

Comply with the law

We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department for Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we are complying with federal privacy law.

Work with a medical examiner or funeral director

We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when as individual dies

Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

  • We can use or share health information about you”
  • For workers’ compensation claims
  • For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official
  • With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law
  • For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services

Respond to lawsuit issues and legal actions

We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena



 

Our Responsibilities 

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.
  • We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information
  • We must follow the suits and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.
  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at 

For more information see” www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.



 

Changes to the Terms of this Notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.



Other Instructions for Notice

Effective Date of this Notice 2/23/2023

Privacy Officer Dr.Jamie Thomure

We will never market or sell your information