Collection of personal information - Gastroenterology Specialist Care (GSC) and your individual health practitioner/s collect relevant and necessary information such as contact information, personal details, health information and medical history, so as to properly assess, diagnose, treat and be proactive in your health care needs, as well as for administrative purposes such as for billing and reminders regarding your health care and management.
Information collected as part of the medical consultation will be contained in the medical record which remains the property of the individual health practitioner/s and is used only to assist in the comprehensive assessment and management of the patient. You may gain access to your information on request. This information may be stored on the GSC computer medical records system and/or in handwritten medical records.
Wherever practicable, information will only be collected from you personally, however occasionally may be collected from other sources such as other health care providers, medical practices, or hospitals. Information may be collected by medical or non-medical staff in written or verbal format.
To ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, up to date and relevant we request that you advise if any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date. Your consent is required to collect personal information about you and to use the information you provide in the following ways:·
Disclosure to others involved in your care including treating doctors or specialists. This may occur through referral to other doctors or for medical tests, and in the reports or results returned following referrals.
To comply with any legislative or regulatory requirements eg. notifiable diseases.
You can decline to have your health information used in all or some of the ways outlined above but this may influence the ability to manage your health care and to provide the best outcome for you.
Recording of Consultations
For the purposes of documentation and to ensure accurate record-keeping, your consultation may be recorded via either voice or visual recording device. This recording is for GSC practitioner use only and will not be released to any third party without your specific written consent to do so.
Privacy Policy - GSC and your individual health practitioner/s aim to protect the privacy of health information in accordance with the Gastroenterology Specialist Care Privacy Policy and the Health Records Act 2001. A copy of this Privacy Policy can be obtained at www.gastrosc.com.au