YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
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How do we protect your Health <strong>Information</strong>?<br />
Everyone working at <strong>YDHS</strong> has a legal duty to keep information<br />
about you confidential. We only pass on information about you if<br />
you authorised us to do so or it is required by law. Wherever we<br />
can, we remove details that identify you. Anyone who receives<br />
information from us is also under a legal duty to keep it<br />
confidential. <strong>YDHS</strong> endeavors to ensure that staff only have<br />
access to the specific information they require to provide your<br />
treatment, in other words staff only have access to information on<br />
a “need to know” basis.<br />
How can you access your Health <strong>Information</strong>?<br />
Under the Freedom of <strong>Information</strong> Act you have, in most<br />
circumstances, the right to access your health care record and<br />
the right to amend it if necessary. Requests to access your<br />
health care record should be made in writing to the Executive<br />
Director.<br />
How can you get more information about privacy?<br />
Additional information can be found at www.health.vic.gov.au/hsc<br />
or www.dhs.vic.gov.au/privacy<br />
If you have any concerns regarding privacy or confidentiality,<br />
please let us know. You can contact the Privacy Officer or<br />
Executive Director.<br />
Based, with permission, on “Protection and use of your Health <strong>Information</strong>” –<br />
West Gippsland HealthCare Group – Jan 2002.<br />
References<br />
“Telling your patients about Health <strong>Information</strong> Privacy” – Department of<br />
Human Services (Victoria)<br />
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