Consent Message
This medical practice collects information from you for the primary purpose of providing quality health care. We ask you to provide us with your personal details and access to your medical history so that we may properly assess, diagnose and treat your health care needs. We will use the information you provide in the following ways.
* Administration purposes in running our medical practice, including compliance with Medicare and Health Insurance requirements. This means we can obtain information regarding your Medicare number and your private health fund details from general practitioners, Medicare, health funds, hospitals and other health facilities.
* For disclosure and to assist others involved in your health care, including treating doctors, specialists and hospitals outside this medical practice.
* We also need your consent to collect information relevant to your health care from doctors, hospitals, pathology laboratories, x-ray facilities and other health facilities which may hold your medical records.
* De-identified data of disease/treatment details may be used for quality assurance and audit activities.