Patient Portal-privacy policy
This privacy policy is in addition to our 'Practice Privacy Policy.'
- By registering with the Pleasant Point Health Centre 'MyIndici' Patient Portal, you are acknowledging and agreeing to the following policy.
- We may make changes to this Policy from time to time, these will be posted here on the website.
- You must have your own email address to register.
Personal Information
By registering, you agree to your health information being accessed by the health care providers at the Pleasant Point Health Centre.You acknowledge that all information provided by you, will be treated as true and correct. It may be collected as Personal Information. Your enrolment to the Centre and/or access to the Portal can be terminated if we reasonably consider that you have provided misleading or untrue information.
Access to Personal Information
You are entitled to access any information that we may hold about you and we will provide it so long as we have it and it can be readily retrieved. You are also entitled to request us to correct any inaccuracies in any information that we hold about you, though you can correct your own information by logging on to the site. We may charge you for the reasonable costs of retrieving, providing the information and if applicable, correcting the information.
Privacy Act
We use all reasonable endeavours to comply with the Privacy Act, where it applies; save where we are permitted and do contract out of it or where you agree that we are not required to comply with the Act (where it would otherwise apply).
Storage of Personal Information
Health Information that you provide to us, or that we collect from you via the patient portal, may be stored or added to your patient files at the Pleasant Point Health Centre. This health information will be treated in compliance with the New Zealand Health Information Privacy Code 1994.
Disclosure
Irrespective of any laws relating to keeping confidential or private any information that you provide to us, your privacy is important to us. We will not disclose your Personal Information to any third parties unless permitted by this Policy, or you have otherwise authorised us to do so, or where disclosure is required by law, or where we in good faith consider it to be necessary or appropriate to institute any form or legal or quasi legal proceedings against you.
Exclusion and Limitation of Liability
Neither we nor any of our agents or employees accept any liability for any breach of this Privacy Policy (or of any law except to the extent to which any applicable law prevents us from excluding our liability). Should we or any of our agents or employees be prevented from excluding our or their liability, then to the extent that any applicable law so allows, we and they limit the liability to $100NZD.
This provision survives any termination of your access to the patient portal, or as a registered patient at the Pleasant Point Health Centre.
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If you wish to close your portal account, please contact reception at the Pleasant Point Health Centre.