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PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE WITH REGARD TO E-MAILS:

PATIENTS IN ACTIVE TREATMENT WHO CHOOSE TO E-MAIL OR TEXT ME DIRECTLY AND WHO INCLUDE  CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION IN THOSE MESSAGES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND UNDERSTAND THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE UNENCRYPTED.  AS SUCH, SAID MESSAGES COULD BE VIEWED BY UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTIES. 

IN SENDING MESSAGES DIRECTLY TO DRSILVA@DRSILVA.COM AND REQUESTING THAT I LIKEWISE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS RELATING TO THEIR CARE, PATIENTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ENTIRELY SECURE AND, FURTHERMORE, EXPLICITLY AUTHORIZE THIS METHOD OF COMMUNICATION.  BOTH EXISTING PATIENTS AND PROSPECTIVE PATIENTS AND THEIR AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBERS AND CAREGIVERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE EXIST ALTERNATE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DULY NOTIFIED,  INCLUDING NON-WRITTEN, TELEPHONIC MEANS, AND THAT, IN SENDING AND RECEIVING DIRECT E-MAIL MESSAGES AS A MATTER OF PREFERENCE OR CONVENIENCE, INSTEAD OF USING THE PATIENT PORTAL,  THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO MORE SECURE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION.

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