Privacy Policy
Effective January 1, 2004, the government implemented the personal information protection and electronic documents act (PIPEDA). Our privacy policies regarding this act are listed in this form.
Regarding this policy, we require your informed consent. This means that we want you to understand the services we hope to provide to you, the cost involved, and what we do with personal information obtained about you. We ensure that only necessary information is collected; we only share your information with your consent; storage, retention and destruction of your personal information complies with existing professional legislation and privacy protection protocols; our privacy protocols comply with privacy legislation, standards of our regulatory body and the law.
This clinic understands the importance of protecting your personal information. To help you understand how we are doing that, we have outlined how our organisation is using and disclosing your information. This clinic will collect, use and disclose information about you for the following purpose:
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To deliver safe and effective patient care
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To identify and ensure continuous high quality service
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To assess your health care needs
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To provide health care
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To advise you of treatment options
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To enable us to contact you
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To establish and maintain communication with you
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To offer and provide treatment, care and service in relationship to your health
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To communicate with other treating health care providers involved in your treatment
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To allow us to maintain communication and contact with you and to distribute health care information and to book and confirm appointments
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To allow us to efficiently follow-up for treatment, care and billing
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To complete and submit claims for third party adjudication and payment
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To forward necessary medical/legal reports to your insurance company, lawyer and/or doctor(s)
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To invoice for goods and services
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To assist this clinic to comply with all regulatory requirements
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To ensure general compliance with the law
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policies please do not hesitate to ask, and we will answer to your satisfaction.