1. Who We Are

Ethics & Patient Rights: Lifespan Joint Privacy Notice

This Notice describes the privacy practices of Lifespan and the Lifespan affiliates, primarily hospitals that make up the Lifespan health care system. We believe it is in the best interest of patient care to standardize privacy practices at all Lifespan entities. The entities that make up Lifespan are as follows:

• Lifespan Corporation

• The Miriam Hospital

• Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital

• Lifespan Foundation

• Lifespan MSO, Inc.

• The Miriam Hospital Foundation

• Bradley Hospital Foundation

• Lifespan Diversified Services, Inc.

• Rhode Island Hospital

• Hasbro Children's Hospital, A Division of RIH

• Health Ventures, Inc.

• NHCC Medical Associates, Inc.

• Newport Hospital

• Lifespan/Physicians PSO

• Imaging Ventures, Inc.

• Lifespan Risk Services, Inc.

• Newport Hospital Foundation

• VNA Technicare, Inc.

• R.I. Sound Enterprises Insurance Company, Ltd.

• The Rhode Island Hospital Foundation

• Newport Health Care Corporation

This Notice also describes the privacy that apply to health care professionals and other persons, such as doctors and nurses and their support personnel, when they are providing services together with the Lifespan entities.

Section 2. Our Pledge Regarding Protected Health Information