Purposes of use of personal information at Tokyo Securities Industry Health Insurance Society clinics
The Tokyo Securities Industry Health Insurance Society clinic makes every effort to protect personal information.
The clinic uses personal information for the following purposes. In doing so, it uses considerable care in the handling of such information. Please feel free to contact the Medical Operation Division with any comments or concerns about the handling of personal information.
- A. Provision of medical services
- Personal information is used to provide medical services.
- Personal information is used in cooperation with other medical institutions and other parties.
- Personal information is used in responding to inquiries from other medical institutions and other parties.
- In some cases, doctors and other professionals from outside the clinic may be asked for their opinions or advice in checkups of patients.
- Personal information is used to describe medical conditions to family members and others.
- Personal information is used to provide information to outside medical institutions, for example through preparation of letters of introduction.
- Information such as health-checkup data, past checkup history, and prescription history is used in medical checkups.
- B. Operations conducted for billing for medical costs
- Personal information is used in operations related to medical care, long-term care, workers' compensation insurance, and medical care covered by public funds, and in related outsourcing and billing for diagnosis and medical care.
- Personal information is used to submit rezepts to the healthcare bill check and payment organization.
- Personal information may be used to inquire with the healthcare bill check and payment organization or insurers.
- Personal information may be used to respond to inquiries from the healthcare bill check and payment organization or insurers.
- Personal information is used in the submittal of receipt to government agencies and other parties in connection with medical care covered by public funds, and in responding to inquiries from such parties.
- Personal information is used to prepare medical treatment details used to bill patients for medical costs.
- C. Clinic administrative and management operations
- Personal information is used to verify eligibility for examinations and treatment.
- Personal information is used in accounting and bookkeeping operations.
- Personal information is used to bill for costs of health checkups before joining the employer.
- Personal information may be used in reporting on medical accidents and other cases.
- Personal information is used in other clinic administrative and management operations.
- Personal information is used to improve the level of medical services.
- D. Subcontracting clinic operations
- Certain examination operations
- Part of dental prosthesis preparation
- Disposal and transport of medical waste, etc.
- Maintenance and management of clinic systems, etc.
- E. Basic materials for maintaining and improving medical services and other operations
- F. The person in charge of the workplace is notified of the results of health checkups (conducted for employees upon joining the company) conducted on behalf of the workplace.
- G. Provision of information to outside auditors
- H. Additional provision of information pursuant to applicable laws and regulations (→ Provision of information to third parties pursuant to laws and regulations)
- I. Operations such as consultation with or submittal of notices to specialized medical organizations, insurers, etc. in connection with medical liability insurance and related matters
- J. Personal information may be used for purposes such as reporting to government agencies the results of research and academic reports intended to advance the field of medicine (writing after using a variety of methods to process such information to ensure that it is not personally identifiable).
- K. Personal information published in sources such as the list of names is obtained and used in operations such as referral preparations.
See here for contact details concerning the handling of personal information.