Your personal information will only be used or disclosed for purposes directly related to providing you with quality health care, or in ways you would reasonably expect us to use it in order to provide you with this service.

This includes the use or disclosure:

– of your medical referral to ensure that we provide the requested pathology services; to examine your specimen and to make an appropriate diagnosis; and to provide your referring doctor with information that may assist them in managing your health;
– for TissuPath’s administrative staff for billing and other administrative tasks necessary to run our practice. Our staff are trained in the handling of personal information in accordance with the Practice Privacy Policy;
– to lodge claims with your health insurance fund, Medicare Australia or other organisations responsible for the financial aspects of your care;
– to the extent required to provide details of your personal information for debt collection purposes;
– where required by law, for example, pursuant to a subpoena;

– in a very limited number of situations, we may be required to seek additional testing of a specimen at a specialist third party laboratory. In that instance, we will be required to disclose personal information about you for purposes of obtaining a test result;
– to insurers or lawyers for the defence of a medical claim; and/or
– to assist with training and education of other health care professionals only where that information has been de-identified for use for these purposes.

TissuPath does not intend to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.