Privacy Policy and Disclosures

PRIVACY POLICY

Axon Neurology collects personal information from you for the primary purpose of providing quality health care and strictly complies with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth).

We need your personal details and full medical history (which may include photographic records) so that we may properly assess, diagnose, treat and manage your health care needs. This means we will use the information you provide in the following ways:

• Administrative purposes in running our medical practice, which may include confirmation of your appointment via SMS or email.

• Billing purposes – including, but not limited to, compliance with Medicare and the Health Insurance Commission requirements.

• Disclosure to others involved in your health care, including treating doctors and specialists outside this medical practice. This may occur through referral to other doctors, or for medical tests and in the reports of results returned to us following the referrals.

• Disclosure to other doctors in the practice, locums and trainees attached to the practice for the purpose of patient care and teaching.

• Emergency situations whereby medical officers or hospitals may require access to patient notes for treatment purposes.