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HIPAA & privacy notice
How patient health information is protected, and where to find the official notice.
This website is not a patient portal
askdrsavita.com is an educational website. It does not store medical records, and its forms are not designed for protected health information (PHI). Please don't send symptoms, diagnoses, test results or other health details through this site.
Your health information as a patient
If you are a patient of Sentara Gastroenterology Specialists – Charlottesville, your health information is created and held by Sentara Health, which is responsible for protecting it under HIPAA. Sentara's Notice of Privacy Practices explains how your information may be used and shared, and your rights.
Read Sentara's Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF) · Sentara: your privacy
Your rights in brief
Under HIPAA you generally have the right to get a copy of your health records, ask for corrections, request limits on certain uses or disclosures, ask for confidential communications, get a list of certain disclosures, and file a complaint. The official notice above is the authoritative source.
Contact us
Questions about this website's privacy practices: [email protected]. Please don't include health information in your email.
Complaints
You can file a privacy complaint with Sentara using the contact information in its notice, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, at hhs.gov/hipaa.
Last updated October 9, 2026.