Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
Molecheck is strongly committed to the provision of high quality services to our patients. The organisation has a robust quality management programme in place and has achieved DAA Certification to NZS 8165 Rooms/Office-Based Surgery and Procedures Standard.
Our quality programme includes a Privacy and Confidentiality Policy to ensure the organisation meets its obligations in regard to the Privacy Act 2020 and the Health Information Privacy Code 2020. This policy includes some of the key privacy messages the Privacy Commissioner recommends:
- We only collect personal information where this is necessary to carry out our functions.
- We may collect personal information about you either directly from you or from other people or agencies, and we may generate personal information about you when we carry out our functions.
- We store all our data (including your personal information) on a secure cloud platform and protect our data with all reasonable technical and process controls.
You can ask us for a copy of your personal information at any time. We will be as open as we can with you but must also ensure we meet our confidentiality obligations. - We will only use and share personal information where necessary to carry out the functions for which we collected it, or if required by law.
If you have concerns about the way we are managing your personal information, then please contact us at any time on 0800 MOLECHECK.
For South Island Patients Only
Please note that Molecheck is contributing to, and accessing healthcare information from HealthOne.
What is HealthOne?
HealthOne is a South Island based secure electronic record that allows registered healthcare providers directly involved in your healthcare, to quickly access information such as your test results, allergies, medications, GP summaries and hospital information. HealthOne adheres to the principles of the Privacy Act 2020 as well as the Rules set out in the Health Information Privacy Code 2020. Access is only possible via an approved highly secure healthcare information network which is regularly audited and tested. Privacy auditing is used to check that only those directly involved in your care are accessing your information. To find out more about HealthOne please visit https://healthone.org.nz/. Please note that you are entitled to restrict the sharing of your healthcare records by contacting 0508 837 872 or emailing HealthOne.privacy@pegasus.health.nz”