Privacy and Confidentiality

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Reviewed July 2011

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Title:   ASERNIP-S Privacy Policy
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   The Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S) has developed a policy to protect your privacy in compliance with privacy legislation.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   About school counsellors
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We often say 'talk to a trusted adult', and put school counsellor on the list, but what is a school counsellor? A school counsellor is a person who has been trained to help kids with their problems.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Gossip
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Gossip is a way of talking about someone that can lead to that person feeling unhappy or angry.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   HIV recent diagnosis
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Recently you had an HIV test and in a follow-up consultation with your doctor it was confirmed that the result was positive. This means that at some point in time you have been infected with HIV. Having HIV does not mean you have AIDS.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Carers matter: getting involved - dealing with the system
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet addresses some of the common concerns of parents and carers of a mentally ill person when dealing with mental health services and professionals.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Human genetics and genetic technologies
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Nationally and internationally advances in genetic research and genetic testing are ongoing. Information on ethical aspects of genetic research and genetic testing including privacy and confidentiality, are provided.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Challenging ethical issues in contemporary research on human beings
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   AHEC acknowledges that Human Research Ethics Committee(HRECs) tackle complex and sensitive issues such as participant consent, patient safety and welfare, privacy and disclosure, and the scientific merit of research proposals. The kinds of dilemmas faced by HRECs are illustrated in the ten case studies included in the report.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Data linkage protocols using a statistical linkage key
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report examines the quality of the data available for undertaking statistical data linkage between aged care services programs and describes the protocols followed to ensure that the privacy of individuals is not compromised.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Privacy leaflet for patients
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Leaflet explaining why the NSW Health Service collects information about patients (e.g. test results) to help provide the best care. Includes information about how the privacy of these records is protected, and how patients can access their medical records.
Date:   Aug 2004
Title:   The regulation of health information privacy in Australia
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   This paper describes the various privacy provisions relevant to health information and, in places, includes analysis of or comment on those provisions.
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Issues for use of unique patient identifiers in statistical collections
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This paper discusses some of the issues for health and statistical data set management raised by proposals for the introduction of unique patient identifiers (UPIs).
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Disclosing to parents newborn carrier status identified by routine blood spot screening
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No guidance is available on the best approach to disclosing to parents newborn carrier status inadvertently identified by routine newborn blood spot screening. Newborn screening programs may inadvertently identify infants who are unaffected by serious i...
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   The secrecy of drug regulatory information (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Can some reconciliation be achieved between the potential public benefit available from the release of currently confidential drug regulatory information, and the understandable commercial and possibly individual wish for continued secrecy of this information?
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   Getting the best from your visit to your GP
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Your GP's role is to help you look after your health needs and the health needs of families and others in the community.
Date:   Jan 2001

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