Privacy Personal Data
For effective treatment, it is necessary for me, as your treating psychologist, to create a client file. This is also a legal obligation imposed by the Medical Treatment Agreement Act (WGBO).
In addition to your general personal data, your client file contains notes on your health condition and data on the treatments.
The file may also include data necessary for your treatment that I have requested from another healthcare provider, such as your general practitioner, after obtaining your explicit consent.
I do my utmost to safeguard your privacy. This means, among other things, that I:
- as the treating psychologist am the only one with access to the data in your file;
- handle your personal and medical data carefully;
- ensure that unauthorized persons do not have access to your data;
- adheres to the statutory duty of confidentiality (professional secrecy).
For effective treatment, it is necessary for me, as your treating psychologist, to create a client file. This is also a legal obligation imposed by the Medical Treatment Agreement Act (WGBO).
Use Personal Data
The data from your file may also be used for the following purposes:
- to inform other healthcare providers; this only happens with your explicit consent. For example, for coverage during my absence, when therapy has been completed, or in the event of a referral to another therapist;
- for anonymized use during peer review;
If I wish to use your data for any other reason, I will inform you first and explicitly ask for your permission.
The data in the client file are retained for 25 years, as required by the WGBO.
The invoice you receive contains the following information:
- your name, address and place of residence
- the date of the treatment
- a brief description of the treatment: ‘Psychosocial consultation’
- the cost of the consultation