Privacy and Information Sharing

HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø aims to create a stronger and more efficient primary health care system by bringing together general practice, community health and other health care services. The health professionals involved in HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø work together in multidisciplinary teams to provide prevention, early intervention and continuing, comprehensive primary health care.  In order to provide this integrated care a patient’s health information will need to be shared.  
 

Supporting documents

The HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø privacy resources, developed in conjunction with HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø staff, provide a guide and resource for ensuring that HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø clients are informed about the sharing of their health information.
 

HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Privacy Guidance for Local Health Districts

This document provides guidance for HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø staff about the responsibilities around informing patients about sharing their health information.  This document also provides a draft script for the discussion with patients.
 

An important notice about HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 

This document is a patient leaflet about HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. It includes the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health Privacy leaflet.  It is recommended that a copy of this document is kept on the patient record.
 

An important notice about HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Connecting Care

This document is a patient leaflet for patients who are enrolled in both HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Connecting Care.  It also includes the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health Privacy leaflet.  It is recommended that a copy of this document is kept on the patient record.
 

Request for withholding information from health care providers

This document is for use in the rare event that a patient objects to the sharing of their health information with other HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø services and/or their partners.  The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health Privacy Manual (Section 11.2.1.3) provides further guidance for dealing with this circumstance.
 

Privacy Information for External HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Providers

This document outlines the privacy obligations for providers of HealthOne ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø services who are normally external to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health.
 

Privacy Manual for Health Information 

This document has been developed by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health. It provides detailed operational guidance for health service staff to the legislative obligations imposed by the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. The document outlines procedures to support compliance with the Act in any activity that involves personal health information.
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Current as at: Thursday 14 May 2015
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