All personal information collected on your behalf will remain confidential and will not be viewed or accessed by unauthorised persons. It is the policy of this practice to maintain the security of personal health information at all times. Only members of the professional team involved in your health care will have access to your personal information. We collect information from you so that we may properly assess, diagnose, treat and be pro-active in your healthcare needs. This may include:
•    Disclosure to others involved in your healthcare, including treating doctors, pathology services, radiology services and other specialists outside this medical practice. This may occur through referral to other doctors, or for medical tests and in the reports or results returned to us following the referrals.
•    Disclosure to enable recording on medical registers (example the diabetes register or Cervical screening test register).
•    Administrative purposes in running our medical practice, including our insurer or medical indemnity provider, and quality assurance and accreditation bodies.
•    Billing purposes, including providing information to the Health Insurance Commission (Medicare) and other organisations responsible for the financial aspects of your care.
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