To protect patient privacy and confidentiality (see HIPAA guidelines below) and to accommodate requests for interviews and information about the organization, its staff, employees and programs and services in a timely and accurate manner, Hallmark Health asks members of the media to follow these guidelines:

• All requests for patient conditions must go through the Marketing & Communications Department

• While on hospital property, all media representatives must be accompanied by a member of the Marketing & Communications Department at all times

• Anyone entering the hospital with a camera (still or video) must be accompanied by a member of the Marketing & Communications Department

• All requests for filming of any type must be made in advance by calling the Marketing & Communications Department

• All patients who agree to be interviewed, photographed or filmed on hospital property for any reason must provide written consent to the Marketing & Communications Department

• Only patients who give this consent may be interviewed, photographed or filmed.