Dear patient,
This document, in conjunction with the privacy notice, provide you with information on how your personal data is used for the Maela patient engagement and remote monitoring solution, offered by a company called Medtronic (hereafter, the “Services”). The Services are available to patients whose physicians are proposing the Services to. It is meant to help patients engage in their care and, when needed by their physician, share information about their health status with their physician for remote monitoring by the hospital care team. It is important that you read and understand the content of this form before you sign it. For more detailed information, please refer to the privacy notice provided to you.
Your healthcare provider is required to obtain your explicit consent to process your personal data (including health data) for the provision of the Services.
If you have any questions or concerns about this consent form or the Services, please ask your physician for more information before signing.
Description of the Services
The Services are designed to support patients through their care pathway. Through a protocol validated by your care team, the Services are adapted to your specific intervention and pathway, and allow you to share relevant information with your care team.
Use of your personal data
Your personal data (including contact details and health data provided by you, or by your healthcare provider in accordance with your hospital’s digital care protocol) are collected as part of the use of the Services. Your healthcare provider, as the Controller of your personal data, uses your personal data for the following purposes:
- To make personal data available to your healthcare provider and other persons authorized by the hospital through the Maela solution;
- To enable the functioning of the Maela solution;
- To evaluate and improve functioning of the Services;
- To aggregate data which may be used to improve the content of the solution, to create statistics, and obtain scientific analysis to identify health trends and patterns, through the general use of the Services;
- For any other purposes required to comply with applicable laws, court orders or regulations.
The processing of your Personal Data will only be done based on your explicit consent and for the purposes as mentioned above.
Your rights
You may be entitled to request to access, rectify, erase, and restrict your personal data, and/or obtain more information about the processing of your personal data and the applicable safeguards. You can contact your healthcare provider to withdraw your consent. You may also revoke your consent through the mobile application or the web application if you have been provided access to it by your physician. Please be aware that the withdrawal of your consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing of your personal data based on the consent before your withdrawal. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can exercise your rights by sending a signed letter or an email to the hospital Data Privacy Officer at the address listed above. We will assist you in any privacy requests or concerns that you may have.
Below is a fixed text that cannot be modified. It is necessary for the patient to tick a box next to this text before being able to proceed:
I confirm that I have read and understood this consent form, and that I am legally qualified to sign it. I agree to the use of my personal data in the context of the Services as further described in my privacy notice (link below).