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Thursday, November 15, 2018
This Was The Last Day You Could Have Opt-Ed Out From The #myHealthRecord If You Wanted To.
Do not delay if you want out...but you now have until January 31, 2019!
Health Minister Greg Hunt went on TV this morning in an attempt to convince them it would be a good idea to sign up.
“If you are a mum, you will be able to have access to the vaccination records of your children,” Mr Hunt told the Nine Network.
“If you have got older parents and you don’t know what medicines they have been on, and they are in an extreme moment in a hospital, the emergency department will be able to protect them and ensure they are not taking something for which they have an allergy.
“It is common sense and something that six million Australians have adopted. It will give all Australians access to their medical records, which should be a basic right.”
“You have said that until you are blue in the face, over and over again. Some people aren’t getting the message. Is it safe or not?” host Karl Stefanovic pressed.
“Yes. Absolutely,” Mr Hunt responded.
“The Digital Health Agency is absolutely clear, there have been no security breaches.
“This is safer than the record at the general practice. It’s absolutely safer than the record which might be at the pharmacy. Above all else though, it means for the first time you can access your own record. And in the case of an emergency, they can potentially save your life.”
Someone needs to ask the Minister to stop talking
ReplyDeleteHealth Minister Greg Hunt went on TV this morning in an attempt to convince them it would be a good idea to sign up.
“If you are a mum, you will be able to have access to the vaccination records of your children,” Mr Hunt told the Nine Network.
“If you have got older parents and you don’t know what medicines they have been on, and they are in an extreme moment in a hospital, the emergency department will be able to protect them and ensure they are not taking something for which they have an allergy.
“It is common sense and something that six million Australians have adopted. It will give all Australians access to their medical records, which should be a basic right.”
“You have said that until you are blue in the face, over and over again. Some people aren’t getting the message. Is it safe or not?” host Karl Stefanovic pressed.
“Yes. Absolutely,” Mr Hunt responded.
“The Digital Health Agency is absolutely clear, there have been no security breaches.
“This is safer than the record at the general practice. It’s absolutely safer than the record which might be at the pharmacy. Above all else though, it means for the first time you can access your own record. And in the case of an emergency, they can potentially save your life.”
But Minister those end points you mention as not being as safe, are a gateway into the system. Are systems only as secure as their weakest point?
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