CAMPBELL MEDICAL PRACTICE PRIVACY POLICY​

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This  is a shortened version of our privacy policy. The complete version can be downloaded by clicking the link below.

 

Why and when your consent is necessary

When you register as a patient of our practice, you provide consent for our GPs and practice staff to access and use your personal information so they can provide you with the best possible healthcare. Only staff who need to see your personal information will have access to it. If we need to use your information for anything else, we will seek additional consent from you to do this.

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Why do we collect, use, hold and share your personal information?

Our practice will need to collect your personal and health information to provide healthcare services to you. Our main purpose for collecting, using, holding and sharing your personal and health information is to manage your health. We also use it for directly related business activities, such as financial claims and payments, practice audits and accreditation, and business processes (eg staff training).

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What personal information do we collect?

           The information we will collect about you includes:

• Names, date of birth, addresses, contact details

• Medical information including medical history, medications, allergies, adverse events, immunisations, social history, family history and risk factors

• Medicare number (where available) for claiming purposes

• Healthcare identifiers

• Health fund details.

 

Dealing with us anonymously

You have the right to deal with us anonymously or under a pseudonym unless it is impracticable for us to do so or unless we are required or authorised by law to only deal with identified individuals.

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Who do we share your personal information with?

We sometimes share your personal information:

• With third parties who work with our practice for business purposes, such as accreditation agencies or information technology providers – these third parties are required to comply with APPs and this policy

• With other healthcare providers

• For quality assessment purposes

• When it is required or authorised by law (eg. court subpoenas)

• When it is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to a patient’s life, health or safety or public health or safety, or it is impractical to obtain the patient’s consent

• To assist in locating a missing person

• To establish, exercise or defend an equitable claim

• For the purpose of confidential dispute resolution process

• When there is a statutory requirement to share certain personal information (eg. some diseases require mandatory notification)

• During the course of providing medical services, through Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (eTP),MyHealth Record/PCEHR system (eg. via Shared Health Summary, Event Summary).

Only people that need to access your information will be able to do so. Other than in the course of providing medical services or as otherwise described in this policy, our practice will not share personal information with any third party without your consent.

We may provide de-identified data to other organisations to improve population health outcomes. 
Information is secure, patients cannot be identified and the information is stored within Australia. You can let our reception staff know if you do not want your information included.

We will not share your personal information with anyone outside Australia (unless under exceptional circumstances that are permitted by law) without your consent.

Our practice will not use your personal information for marketing any of our goods or services directly to you without your express consent. If you do consent, you may opt-out of direct marketing at any time by notifying our practice in writing.

 

How can you access and correct your personal information at our practice?

 

You have the right to request access to, and correction of, your personal information. Our practice acknowledges patients may request access to their medical records. We require you to put this request in writing and attention it to the Practice Manager and our practice will respond to your request within 30 days. You will not be charged for making a request however if results are required to be printed or photocopied, an administration fee will be charged. This fee is in line with the AMA rates and is charged at $33 for 30 pages then $1 for each page after. This fee is payable before medical records can be released. Our practice will take reasonable steps to correct your personal information where the information is not accurate or up-to-date. From time-to-time, we will ask you to verify your personal information held by our practice is correct and up-to-date. You may also request that we correct or update your information, and you should make such requests in writing to:
Practice Manager
Campbell Medical Practice
5/32 Blamey Place Campbell ACT 2612.

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