GENERAL DISCLAIMER

This disclaimer governs your use of our website. By using our website, you accept this disclaimer in full. If you disagree with any part of this disclaimer, do not use our website. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. You should therefore check periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them.

RIGHTS TO INFORMATION PUBLISHED:

All materials on this site are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws and are the property of Calvariam ENT (the practice) and the principals of the practice. Unless stated otherwise, you may access and download the materials located on www.calvariam.com.au only for personal, non-commercial use.

WEBSITE CONTENT:

The content of this web site, including text, graphics, images, information obtained from third parties and any other material contained within the Calvariam ENT website (calvariam.com.au) are for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider within your country or place of residency with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. You should never disregard professional medical advice, delay in seeking it, or discontinue medical treatment because of something you have read on the Calvariam ENT website.

While all attempts have been made to ensure its accuracy, the authors, Dr Mark Schembri and A/Prof Harshita Pant, and any associated parties, to the maximum extent permitted by law, accept no responsibility for loss, injury, claim or damage resulting from the use or application of information on this website.

NO WARRANTIES:

The medical information on this website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied.  Calvariam ENT, Dr Mark Schembri and A/Prof Harshita Pant make no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information on this website.   Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, Calvariam ENT, Dr Mark Schembri and A/Prof Harshita Pant do not warrant that:

We do not warrant that functions available on this website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the server that makes it available is free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.

LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEBSITES:

Our website contains links to other websites which are not produced by Calvariam ENT, Dr Mark Schembri, or A/Prof Harshita Pant. Whilst such links are provided for your convenience, you should be aware that the information handling practices of the linked websites might not be the same as ours.

Calvariam ENT, Dr Mark Schembri, and A/Prof Harshita Pant do not endorse the content on any third-party websites. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Calvariam ENT, Dr Mark Schembri, and A/Prof Harshita Pant are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites; sites framed within the Calvariam ENT website, or third-party advertisements, and do not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.

LIMITS UPON EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY:

Nothing in this medical disclaimer will limit any of our liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law, or exclude any of our liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

PRACTICE PRIVACY POLICY

It is necessary for us to collect personal information from patients and sometimes others associated with their health care in order to provide for the highest quality health care, and for associated administrative purposes.

Health information is ‘sensitive information’ for the purposes of privacy legislation in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Act 2000, as well as the Code of Fair Information Practice (2006) produced by the Department of Health, Government of South Australia. This means that your consent is sought to collect health information that is necessary to make an accurate medical diagnosis, prescribe appropriate treatment and to be proactive in your or your dependent’s health care.

USE AND DISCLOSURE:

A patient’s personal health information is used or disclosed by this practice for purposes directly related to their health care. This includes:

• Administrative purposes in running our medical practice
• Provision of information to Medicare or private health funds for billing and medical rebate purposes, in compliance with Medicare and Health Insurance Commission (Medicare Australia) requirements .
• Sharing information with other health care providers outside of this practice who are involved in your health care. This includes referrals for pathology tests, radiology, other specialists and allied health professionals, and reports to your general practitioner.
• Professional accreditation, quality assessments, and clinical auditing.
• Disclosure of information about a patient to fulfil a medical indemnity insurance obligation.

In addition there are circumstances when information may have to be disclosed without patient consent, such as:

• Emergency situations.
• Legal requirements to disclose information for public interest reasons (eg. mandatory reporting of some communicable diseases).

On occasion we will collect clinical photographs or videos either directly related to your presenting problem, or of x-rays or scans related to your presenting problem. These images can be of great assistance in diagnosing and monitoring certain conditions. Such images are stored either on film or digitally, and form part of the clinical record. Depersonalized images may be used for the purpose of teaching of other health professionals, medical presentations at conferences, research and publications. Where we do so, we would not present or publish images in any way that would allow your identification.

DATA SECURITY AND ACCESS:

The storage, use and, where necessary, transfer of personal health information will be undertaken in a secure manner that protects patient privacy.

On request this practice will let patients know, generally, what sort of personal information we hold, for what purposes, and how we collect, hold, use and disclose that information.

Patients may request access to their personal health information held by this practice.

• Where necessary, patients will be given the opportunity to amend any personal information held that is incorrect.
• There are some circumstances in which access may be legitimately withheld, and in these cases reasons for denying access will be explained.
• This practice acknowledges the right of children to privacy of their health information. Based on the professional judgment of the doctor and consistent with the law, it might at times be necessary to restrict access to personal health information by parents or guardians.