Please thoroughly read through the 'Consent for Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information' below and check this box if you agree.
Privacy of information is an important part of how our office provides high-quality care. We understand the importance of protecting your information. We are committed to collecting, using and disclosing it responsibly. We also try to be as open and transparent as possible about the way we handle your information.
In this office, Docters act as the Privacy Information Officer.
All staff members who come in contact with your personal information have been trained in the appropriate uses and protection of your information. They are aware of its sensitive nature.
Our goals are to ensure that:
We only collect necessary information and we only share information with your consent; storage, retention and destruction of your personal information complies with existing legislation, and privacy protection protocols; our privacy protocols comply with privacy legislation and the standards of our regulatory body, the RCDSO, and the law.
How we collect, use and disclose patients' personal information:
This office will collect, use and disclose information about you for the following purposes:
- to assess your health needs, advise you of treatment options and to deliver safe, effective, and efficient patient care
- to identify and to ensure continuous high quality service
- to establish and maintain communication with you and to book and confirm appointments
- to communicate with your general dentist and your other health-care providers, including dental specialists and physicians
- to allow us to efficiently follow-up for treatments, care and billing
- to provide the efficiency of our computerized check-in process your name must be displayed
- for teaching and demonstrating purposes on an anonymous basis
- to complete and submit dental claims for third party adjudication and payment
- to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including the delivery of patients' charts and records to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario in a timely fashion, when required, according to the provisions of the Regulated Health Professions Act
- to permit potential purchasers, brokers, accountants or advisors to evaluate our practice
- to deliver your charts and records to the dentist's insurance carrier to enable the insurance company to assess liability and quantify damages, if any
- to prepare materials for the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB)
- to process credit card payments, direct bank account debits and to invoice for services
- to collect unpaid accounts
- to assist this office to comply with all regulatory requirements
- to comply generally with the law
By checking this box, you agree to the consent section of this Patient Consent Form; you agree that you have given your informed consent to the collection , use, and/or disclosure of your personal information for the purposes that are listed. If a new purpose arises for the use and/or disclosure of your personal information, we will seek your approval in advance.
Your information may be accessed by regulatory authorities under the terms of the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) for the purposes of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario fulfilling its mandate under the RHPA, and for the defense of a legal issue.
Our office will not under any conditions supply your insurer with your confidential medical history. In the event this kind of a request is made, we will forward the information directly to you for review, and for your specific consent.
When unusual requests are received, we will contact you for permission to release such information. We may also advise you if such a release is inappropriate.
You may withdraw your consent for use or disclosure of your personal information, and we will explain the ramifications of that decision, and the process.
Our office has a privacy code; copies of this code are available on request.
Patient Consent
By checking this box I agree that I have reviewed the above information that explains how your office will use my personal information, and the steps your office is taking to protect my information. I know that your office has a Privacy Code, and I can ask to see the Code at any time. I agree that Tolmie Orthodontics can collect, use, and disclose my personal information as set out above in the information about privacy policies.