Privacy Policy
The Combat Clinic is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals that provide personal information in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. The Combat Clinic requires your consent to collect personal information about you. Please read the following information carefully and sign where indicated.
The Combat Clinic collects information from you for the primary purpose of providing optimal health care. Personal details and full medical histories allow for accurate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term healthcare.
The following information may be collected from you:
Your name, address, date of birth, email and contact details.
Information about your family or relatives.
Information about other health professionals involved in your care.
Any government identifiers such as Medicare and DVA numbers. However, we do not use these for the purposes of identifying you in our practice.
Other health information about you such as: a record of your symptoms, your relevant medical history, the diagnosis made and the treatment we give you. This includes specialist reports, test results, your appointment and billing details, your prescriptions, your healthcare identifier, your health fund details, and other information about you collected for the purposes of providing care to you.
The information you provide will be used in the following ways:
Administration purposes, quality control, and internal auditing.
Billing purposes, including arrangement with health funds (Medicare, Health Insurance Commission, and Workcover).
When and why might The Combat Clinic share information?
To comply with legal obligations (Mandatory reporting under legislation, responding to a court order).
To consult with other health professionals involved in your healthcare.
To obtain results from diagnostic and pathology services.
To claim insurance.
To communicate with your health fund, the government, and other regulatory bodies such as Medicare.
To manage accounts and administrative services.
To lessen or prevent a serious threat to public health or a patient's health or safety.
To establish, exercise or defend an equitable claim through the My Health Record.
To prepare defense of anticipated or existing legal proceedings.
To discharge notification obligations to liability insurers.