Alba Health may use your information for planning, quality improvement and reporting to government agencies. This will not include any personal or sensitive information.

We will never provide your information to third parties for the purposes of marketing and advertising.

Your information may also be used in:

• Uploading and downloading information to your MyHealthRecord, with your consent.
• Billing purposes when processing your Medicare Rebate as part of providing medical services to you that attract a Medicare benefit.
• Follow-up reminder/recall notices as part of providing you treatment and preventative healthcare.
• Accreditation and quality assurance activities as part of the ongoing process to improve the quality and effectiveness of our medical services. This is a requirement for all Accredited Medical Practices.
• To allow medical students and staff to participate in medical training/teaching using only de-identified information.

With your consent and the practice’s agreement, de-identified data is collected and securely shared with the Murray PHN. The type of information may include:

• Age and gender
• Health condition types
• Types of services
• Medicare billed items

Murray PHN uses de identified data to:

• Understand the health needs of local communities
• Plan and fund health services across the region
• Improve quality and safety in general practice
• Support population health planning and reporting
• Evaluate and improve commissioned health programs

The data is used for planning and quality improvement purposes only and is not used for marketing, commercial purposes, or to make decisions about individual patients.

Consent is gained at the initial patient registration and you can opt out of the de-identified data collection by informing of practice staff.