Privacy Statement

Calvary Health Care ACT protects your privacy
Calvary Health Care ACT is committed to protecting your privacy. We comply with all applicable ACT legislation relating to confidentiality and privacy regarding information relating to your health and other personal details. A brochure "How Calvary Health Care ACT is Protecting Your Privacy" is available at the hospital or can be printed.

Information collected by Calvary Health Care ACT
When you become a patient of Calvary Health Care ACT, a medical record is created. This includes information such as your name, address and contact details, as well as information about your health problems and the treatment you received. Every time you attend or have contact with Calvary Health Care ACT, new information is added to your record.

In addition to complying with all relevant privacy and confidentiality legislation, Calvary Health Care ACT has strict policies and protocols with respect to the collection, use, disclosure and storage of patient information.

We have taken measures to ensure that paper records and information stored electronically on our computer system are stored securely. Only authorised personnel have access to your information.

Refusing disclosure of information
Calvary Health Care ACT may disclose your information to other service providers outside Calvary Health Care ACT, including your own doctor and other health care and community support providers, if this is necessary for your further treatment (eg a discharge summary is usually sent to your GP). You have the right to refuse your information being disclosed to service providers outside Calvary Health Care ACT, which you can exercise by completing a Refusal of Consent to Disclosure and Use of Information form. (print icon)

Disclosing information without consent
There may be occasions where Calvary Health Care ACT may be obliged by, or authorised under, law to disclose patient information, regardless of the patient's consent. Examples of this include:

Presentation of your medical record to a court when subpoenaed (in the case of legal action);
Reporting to appropriate Government Authorities (such as registration of births, deaths, diseases and treatments);
Reporting of information about care provided required by ACT Health;

Disclosures in accordance with the provisions of section 141 of the Health Services Act.

For more details relating to Privacy legislation, the following links are provided to Human Rights Commission and ACT Health.

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