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Patient Privacy

As a part of this commitment principals and staff of the practice recognise the importance of ensuring our patients are fully informed and involved in their health care.

Green Door Medical Bargo is as a health provider, bound by the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles the standards by which we handle personal information collected from our patients.

As a part of our commitment to providing quality health care it is necessary that we maintain files pertaining to your health. The files contain the following types of information:

  • Your medical history;

  • Personal details (your name, address, date of birth, Medicare number);

  • Notes made during the course of medical consultations;

  • Results and reports received from other health service providers;

  • Referrals to other health service providers.

The information held about you is provided by you or arises as a consequence of information provided by you.

Your medical file is handled with the utmost respect for your privacy. The file will be accessed by your medical practitioner, and when necessary, for example in the absence of your usual medical practitioner, by other medical practitioners in the practice. Our staff may also have to handle your file from time to time to address the administrative requirements of running a medical practice. Our staff are bound by strict confidentiality requirements as a condition of employment and these requirements will be observed if it is necessary for them to view your records.

At times, it may also be necessary to liaise with and/or allow external organisations to access our practice and possibly, to view the medical records, for example, our IT provider, hospitals (if you have consented to undergo a procedure) etc. Any external organisation that provides service or advice to this practice will be aware of the need to preserve the requirement of the Privacy Act and will be bound by a confidentiality agreement.

Ordinarily we will not release the contents of your medical file without your consent. However, we advise that there may be occasions where we will be required to release the details of your file irrespective of whether your consent to the disclosure of the information is given e.g. exposure required by law pursuant to a subpoena.

We advise that as a patient of this practice you have rights of access to any information we hold concerning you. Contact us on 02 7229 1866.
 

As part of our commitment to preserving the confidentiality of the information contained in your medical record we advise that strict, secure, record storage policies are observed in this practice. Your electronic records are accessible only by staff of this practice and are protected by a security password. Each member of staff is well versed in the principles and importance of doctor–patient confidentiality.

Should you, at any time, have a query or complaint in relation to the privacy policies in place at this practice please contact a Doctor, Practice Manager or Receptionist 

on duty who will be happy to address any concerns you may have. We advise that it is the practice’s policy that any complaint is required to be made in writing and addressed to Practice Manager and marked private and confidential. We advise that we will make our best endeavor to address complaints within 60 days of receipt of your complaint.

PRIVACY AND OUR WEBSITE

At Green Door Medical Bargo we strive to educate and keep our patients up to date on the latest health news and changes. We make this process easier for you by making information readily available on our website. In order to achieve this we may collect and use your personal information as follows.

Collection of personal information

Through our booking system, we collect personal information such as:

  • Your name

  • Your date of birth

  • Your contact details which may include address, email address and phone number.

  • Your Medicare number, Veteran’s Affairs Number, Health Care Card Number, Health Fund details or pension number

  • This data is considered “identifying information,” as it can personally identify you. We only request personal information relevant to providing you with a service, and only use it to help provide or improve this service

Use of personal information

 

We collect information by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. You are free to refuse our request for this information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services without it.

  • We collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

  • to provide medical services and treatment to you, and to enable you to be attended by medical practitioners or other allied health professionals at our Practices

  • for administrative and billing purposes;

  • to update our records and keep your contact details up to date;

  • to process and respond to any complaint made by you;

  • to comply with any law, rule, regulation, lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator, or in co-operation with any governmental authority of any country;

  • for the purposes of data research and analysis including conducting clinical trials and proactive screenings and for the purpose of sending you direct marketing communications in relation to these;

  • for inclusion in a recall register to be advised of follow up visits and medical updates; 

  • to answer enquiries and provide information or advice about existing and new products or services and all matters relevant to the services we provide to you;

  • to meet obligations of notification to our medical defence organisations or insurers.

  • Security

  • How is your personal information protected?

  • In addition to the security measures set out above

  • Cross-border Data Transfers

  • Information that Green Door Medical Bargo collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the states in which Green Door Medical operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

  • Limits to our policy.

  • Green Door Medical Bargo is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

  • This privacy policy only covers Green Door Medical Bargo own collecting and handling of data. We only work with partners, affiliates and third-party providers whose privacy policies align with ours, however we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

  • Our third-party privacy promise

  • We review the privacy policies of all our third-party providers before enlisting their services to ensure their practices align with ours. We will never knowingly include third-party services that compromise or violate the privacy of our users.

  • How you can control or opt out of cookies

  • If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie.

  • If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.

  • Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.

  • PRIVACY AND YOUR CONSENT

  • By proceeding to make a booking with our practice, you agree to the following:

  • That you have read the information above and understand how your information will be collected and how it may be used;

  • That you are not obliged to provide any information requested but failure to do so might compromise the quality of healthcare and treatment provided to you and we reserve the right to deny treatment where we feel we are unable to do so due to lack of information provided;

  • That if your information is to be used for any other purpose other than that set out above, your further consent will be obtained;

  • You consent to the handling of your information by this practice for the purposes set out above, subject to any limitations on access or disclosure that you may notify us of;

  • You consent to cross-border transfers of personal information where required as set out above;

  • You understand this privacy statement may be updated on this website from time to time and that you should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any such changes.

  • If your require more information about our data management please feel free to contact Green Door Medical Bargo on 02 7229 1866 or refer to https://www.habitat3.com.au/policies-agreements

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