Privacy policy of our practice
Your personal data and your privacy in our general practice

General
The GDPR is the new law for the protection of privacy and personal data. Under this law, an organization that works with personal data has certain obligations and the person whose data is held has certain rights. In addition to this general law, specific rules apply to privacy in healthcare. These rules are stated, among other things, in the Medical Treatment Agreements Act (WGBO). This privacy policy is intended to inform you about your rights and our obligations under the GDPR and the WGBO.

General Practice
Various personal data about you may be processed in our GP practice. This is necessary to be able to treat you medically well and necessary for the financial settlement of the treatment. In addition, processing may be necessary for, for example, combating a serious danger to your health or to comply with a legal obligation (for example, the mandatory reporting of a contagious disease under the Public Health Act).

According to the GDPR, GP Practice Naarden is responsible for the processing of personal data that takes place in the practice. In practice, the obligations arising from this are fulfilled as follows:

• Your data is collected for specific purposes:
- for the provision of care;
- for effective management and policy;
- to support scientific research, education and information.
• In principle, no processing takes place for other purposes.
• You will be informed of the fact that your personal data is being processed. This can be done by your healthcare provider, but also via a leaflet or via our website.
• All employees at Huisartsenpraktijk Naarden have committed themselves to treat your personal data confidentially.
• Your personal data is well protected against unauthorised access.
• Your personal data will not be stored longer than is necessary for proper care.

For medical data, this retention period is in principle 15 years (from the last treatment), unless longer storage is necessary, for example for the health of yourself or your children. This is at the discretion of the practitioner.

Your rights as a data subject:
You have the following rights:
• The right to know whether and which of your personal data is being processed.
• The right to inspect and obtain a copy of that data (insofar as this does not harm the privacy of another person).
• The right to correct, supplement or delete data if necessary.
• The right to request the (partial) destruction of your medical data. This can only be accommodated if the retention of the data is not of significant importance to another person and the data does not have to be retained on the basis of a statutory regulation.
• The right to add a self-declaration (of a medical nature) to your file.
• The right to object to the processing of your data in certain cases.

If you wish to make use of your rights, you can make this known to Huisartsenpraktijk Naarden. Your interests may also be represented by a representative (such as a written representative, or your trustee or mentor).

Provision of your personal data to third parties
The employees of Huisartsenpraktijk Naarden have the obligation to treat your personal data confidentially. This means, for example, that the healthcare provider needs your explicit consent to provide your personal data. However, there are some exceptions to this rule. On the basis of a legal provision, the duty of confidentiality of the healthcare provider can be broken, but also if there is reason to fear a serious danger to your health or that of a third party. In addition, recorded data can be exchanged, if necessary orally, in writing or digitally with other healthcare providers (e.g. the pharmacist who processes a prescription and thus receives data from the general practitioner).

After
you have given specific permission for this, GP Practice Naarden exchanges relevant medical data safely and reliably with the GP post (HAP) via the National Exchange Point. If you have been to the HAP in the evening or at the weekend, they will in turn share an observation message with the GP practice. This way, the GP knows exactly which complaints you have been to the HAP with and what has been done as a result.

Medication data can also be shared with your pharmacy and your treating medical specialists. This includes the medication prescribed to you by your GP or other doctors, as well as any intolerances, contraindications and allergies (ICA data). Other prescribers and providers of medication can then take this into account. In this way, as a general practice, we contribute to medication safety.

If
you choose a new GP, it is important that your new GP is aware of your medical history. Your medical history is in your patient file. It is common for your old GP to transfer the file to your new GP. The old GP will do this as soon as possible, in any case within one month, after you have asked your old GP to transfer the file to your new GP.
Your medical file will then be transferred by your GP by secure e-mail. You will not be able to obtain the original file. However, you always have the right to inspect your file and to receive a copy of your file.

Question or complaint
Do you have a question or a complaint? For example, about who we share data with or how we handle your medical data? Then your GP will be happy to discuss this with you.