To ensure the patients and clients of My Dental Curtin and all affiliated business units providing personal information to the surgery, are protected and the information remains confidential within the scope of the provision of the patient care.
All staff and external contractors to the surgery are required to sign a detailed confidentiality agreement encompassing the details, procedures, and all sensitive information relating but not limited to our patients, clients, and services.
These include:
In General, a patient’s health information provided to the surgery will not be used for any other purpose without prior consent being obtained from the patient.
Information provided to the surgery by patients is treated with the utmost respect and confidentiality. This information is retained in the surgery with secure computer passwords, screen savers, backup of data and firewall protection on the network.
Original consent and files are stored securely on premises and then destroyed in the confidential bin after the required amount of time as per ADA regulations.
The staff at My Dental Curtin will only correspond or speak directly to the patient unless specific instructions have been given otherwise.
Patients may have access to their records in accordance with the ADA Privacy Rules once an original signed release is held by the surgery, a fee may incur.
Electronic records are stored on our Dental server and maintained by IT personal ie: firewalled, secured and backed up.
Photos and x-rays that are taken digitally are attached to the patient’s file.