tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post7575296376069001284..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: I Never Thought I Would See Phillip Ruddock Getting Involved In E-Health. His Cross Party Committee Has Thrown A Spanner In The Works!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-72575717290991403412015-10-20T15:34:35.839+11:002015-10-20T15:34:35.839+11:00Allie Coyne reports on three particularly disturbi...Allie Coyne reports on three particularly disturbing points <br /><br />1. The bill also doesn't include safeguards to ensure individuals are given enough time to opt-out, the committee said, and there is no ability for individuals to erase their record once it has been created.<br /><br />2. The committee argued there were no legislative safeguards to ensure people would be appropriately Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10685488789564598972015-10-19T17:09:28.264+11:002015-10-19T17:09:28.264+11:00It makes no difference to Government bureaucrats -...It makes no difference to Government bureaucrats - they will go ahead regardless confident in the knowledge that they will be protected by legislation and regulations (which can be changed at whim)and that there is nothing anyone can do about it. Even if the legislation isn't passed by the Senate for another 18 months that won't stop Mr Madden and ACeH from pushing ahead in the absence ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-77853942657470473532015-10-19T15:57:29.070+11:002015-10-19T15:57:29.070+11:00It is about time that someone in politics woke up ...It is about time that someone in politics woke up and thought that privacy might be an issue with PCEHR opt-out. <br /><br />We have seen this silly, unproven idea [the PCEHR] transform from a patient-carried and controlled memory stick of health data to a centralised government-controlled database.<br /><br />I believe about a billion dollars has been spent so far. Any lives saved yet?<br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-14418874056338652822015-10-19T07:53:21.870+11:002015-10-19T07:53:21.870+11:00This discussion has so many relevant and important...This discussion has so many relevant and important components but it reemphasises the innate futility of the current national eHealth model in Australia and as I read this from the remoteness of Chile I recall the words of Simon and Garfunkel. "When will they ever learn?" <br />Some of the implementations and projects that I have become aware of in the last 18 months from around the Terry Hannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068727812313410493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-49983052123663186262015-10-18T22:43:58.940+11:002015-10-18T22:43:58.940+11:00In the explanatory memoranda it says:
The Bill wi...In the explanatory memoranda it says:<br /><br />The Bill will implement the Government’s response to the PCEHR Review, specifically changes to the PCEHR system to change its name, prepare for new governance arrangements, improve usability of the system, and conduct participation trials. The Bill will also implement recommendations of the HI Review, and make other minor and clarifying amendmentsBernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-91413777577504369212015-10-18T19:40:35.599+11:002015-10-18T19:40:35.599+11:00By giving people the right to opt-out should be fi...By giving people the right to opt-out should be fine provided they have not been compulsorily opted in in the first place. <br /><br />The only way to be sure that privacy is not being compromised is firstly to let people voluntarily opt-in and then should they wish voluntarily opt out at any time.<br /><br />That is the approach we have now - so the status quo should be preserved. No doubt Mr Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-29875458093343149572015-10-18T18:38:32.330+11:002015-10-18T18:38:32.330+11:00Does this mean they could be breaking the law by i...Does this mean they could be breaking the law by introducing opt-in before clarifying the legal niceties around the privacy issues? Perhaps they will argue that by giving people the right to opt-out their privacy is not being compromised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com