Your Health Information

To enable ongoing care and total quality improvement within this practice and in keeping with the Privacy Act (1988) and the Australian Privacy Principles, we wish to provide you with sufficient information on how your personal health information may be used or disclosed and record your consent or restrictions to this consent.

Your personal health information will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected, or as otherwise permitted by law and we respect your right to determine how your personal health information is used or disclosed.

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The information we collect may be obtained by a number of different methods and examples may include: medical test results, notes from consultations, Medicare, My Health Record and health insurance details, data collected from observations and conversations with you, and details obtained from other health care providers (eg specialist, hospital and general practice correspondence). Similarly, correspondence and test results from Curo Medical may be uploaded to My Health Record if you have one.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used as a dictation tool during consultations by the practice, but not involved in health decision making. No permanent audio recording or transcription of a consultation is kept. You have the right to decline to the use of this technology.

By signing, you (as a patient/guardian) are consenting, that on obtaining your personal health information it may be  used or disclosed by the practice for the following purposes:​

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• follow up reminder/recall notices for treatment and preventive healthcare;

• for accounting procedures and the collection of professional fees;

• the diagnosis and treatment of any health condition, including the communication of relevant information only,

• to practice staff, specialists and other healthcare providers to ensure quality care is provided;

• Accreditation and Quality Assurance activities are conducted by professionally trained non-treating specialists and other professionally trained and qualified persons, e.g. Practice Managers;

• For legal related disclosures as required by Court of Law;

• For the purposes of research where de-identified information is used;

• To allow medical students and staff to participate in medical training/teaching using only de-identified information;

• For disease notification as required by law;

• For use when seeking treatment by other doctors in this practice.

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At all times, we are required to ensure your details are treated with the utmost confidentiality.  Your records are very important and we will take all steps necessary to ensure they remain confidential.