Protecting your health information

Gilmour Allergy Services Privacy Statement

We collect personal information from you, including information about your:

  • name

  • contact information

  • medical information

We collect your personal information in order to:

  • provide healthcare services to you

Besides our staff, we share this information with:

  • referrers, referrees and primary care providers directly involved with your healthcare, in order to provide optimal healthcare.

Providing some information is optional. If you choose not to enter your personal information i.e. - name and DOB, we'll unfortunately be unable to register you as a patients with us.

We keep your information safe by storing it in our patient management system "elixir" which only allows access to our staff directly involved in your care.  

In terms of the Privacy Act 2020, as well as the Health Information Privacy Code 2020,  you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you. You also have the right for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at admin@gilmourmedical.co.nz.

 Healthone 

Please note that this organisation 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”