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Timeless Quotes - Sadly The Late Paul Shetler - "Its not Your Health Record it's a Government Record Of Your Health Information"

or

H. L. Mencken - "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Really The ADHA Is Hardly Showering Itself With Glory With This Sort Of Error Laden Promotion!

I came across this video a few days ago,

Dr Lawrie Bott discusses the importance of early diagnosis

Published 16 September 2022

Dr Lawrie Bott, Chief Medical Officer, Sonic Healthcare Australia Pathology discusses the benefits of having secure access to important pathology information as soon as it's available. 

https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/newsroom/digital-bytes/dr-lawrie-bott-discusses-the-importance-of-early-diagnosis

Here is the direct video link:

https://youtu.be/zfQaUYmY77c

I find this bizarre as in 57 seconds we have a private pathologist saying early diagnosis is important, without evidence, while saying results are usually back in one day which may be common but by no means is totally the norm. No mention of data upload to the #myHR and how common that is or isn’t!

He then goes on to say that within 24 hours all the information the doctor needs is then available not mentioning that the data in the #myHR may be totally absent or indeed partial or unrelated to the current problem. He then suggests that all this will be all that is needed for the doctor to make a full diagnosis! Sure results for simple testing come back pretty quickly but they are nor the full story in any way, won't always deliver a diagnosis and everyone know it! Anyway most doctors who order tests with Sonic use Sonic's systems to access the patient results not the #myHR!

Without more clarity this is a meaning less bit of verbiage and quite odd. The ADHA should have taken 5 minutes and made a useful and factual video not this nonsense.

David.

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Error Laden Promotion is quite the norm.

There are many claims that MyHR will help people in remote areas of Australia. Unfortunately it isn't much use if the goverenment doesn't even know you exist and you can't get a birth certificate.

Calls for outreach support in remote communities to help First Nations' people gain birth certificates
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-22/birth-certificates-aboriginal-torres-strait-islanders/101400844

"For 17 years, Dakota Saltner did not exist in the eyes of the government.

The teenager was born in the remote Indigenous community of Woorabinda, central Queensland, in 2004 but her birth was not registered.

One in six or 15 to 18 per cent of births to Indigenous mothers are not registered with the state government compared with 1.8 per cent for non-Indigenous births, according to a report by the Queensland Ombudsman (QO).

The 2018 report has found not having a birth certificate is a significant barrier to employment and study, leaving many "largely invisible" and unable to properly partake in society."

Lies, damn lies and the ADHA?