tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post1507260823063815906..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 17th April, 2017.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-20936261874979811222017-04-18T10:46:11.947+10:002017-04-18T10:46:11.947+10:00People in the opt-out trial areas were sent a lett...People in the opt-out trial areas were sent a letter a several months before the start date. I no longer have a copy but see the example at <a href="https://myhealthrecord.gov.au/internet/mhr/publishing.nsf/Content/my-health-record-trial-letter" rel="nofollow">my-health-record-trial-letter</a>. It doesn't provide a simple "tick-a-box". I never tried to opt out so I don't know tygrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633385502681874759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-54538420548263372772017-04-18T08:10:29.363+10:002017-04-18T08:10:29.363+10:00Andrew you are being press ganged no two ways abou...Andrew you are being press ganged no two ways about it, I am sure there is a 300 page document you will need to print, initial each page, sign in numerous places and scan and fax back to some understaffed office in the department. Once received you maybe able to check-out but you can never leave the My Health Record California. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-90999076747130230152017-04-18T07:43:37.414+10:002017-04-18T07:43:37.414+10:00If someone knows how to "pre" opt out pl...If someone knows how to "pre" opt out please let me know as thats what I will be doing. Its a disgrace that this is going opt out without major advertising of whats going on. I suspect the majority of people would be outraged if they knew what was happening to their personal medical information.Andrew McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821423221138467536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-70435493863101106412017-04-17T21:26:25.545+10:002017-04-17T21:26:25.545+10:00My guess is that there will be money in the budget...My guess is that there will be money in the budget in May to fund a project to move to opt-out. Opt-out itself won't actually happen for quite a while.Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-46071233192358289552017-04-17T18:45:15.101+10:002017-04-17T18:45:15.101+10:00I am surprised Mukesh is still so very positive re...I am surprised Mukesh is still so very positive regarding the MHR, and still a practicing advocate for its potential, that and forever the statesman! his comments are quite sensible as they were before he had no choice but to walk away.<br /><br />Madden is your typical bureaucratic. What worries me the most with him and the ADHA leadership is that they believe in part what they are saying, this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-28633516887040677022017-04-17T17:50:41.620+10:002017-04-17T17:50:41.620+10:00Don't you love transcripts more reliable than ...Don't you love transcripts more reliable than the the MyHEALTH RECORD in a clinical setting<br /><br />The VP of the AMA states we are going all get a government record. Must be true the AMA has made it quite clear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-46886022950679793192017-04-17T17:32:38.494+10:002017-04-17T17:32:38.494+10:00Minister Hunt, stop the opt-out now, bring in some...Minister Hunt, stop the opt-out now, bring in some brain power and work out a new path forward. Australia has some great untapped and under utilised experts in eHealth, use them but away from the EHealth Branch and ADHA. We have at the helm a dangerous indervidual whose lack of real knowledge has long term consequences <br /><br />https://www.digitalhealth.net/2017/04/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-69975330273486841252017-04-17T17:22:24.020+10:002017-04-17T17:22:24.020+10:00So it seems that the opt out is to go national, hu...So it seems that the opt out is to go national, huge issues regarding online scammers mimicking myGov to coax us into handing over key information, obvious issues remain with privacy, poor communication and information available to the public, this looks a lot like the failed UK attempt of a few years back. And where is the ADHA CEO? No where to be seen or heard of, either this is a cunning ploy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-67493673829014296022017-04-17T17:08:39.227+10:002017-04-17T17:08:39.227+10:00TONY BARTONE: We certainly are encouraging that pe...TONY BARTONE: We certainly are encouraging that people look carefully at that because, in a matter of weeks, everyone will have an electronic health record, and any amount of information could be being placed there unaware. And so it’s about ensuring that you know that it exists, you know how to activate your privacy settings, and the access that you desire or wish to be sure of.<br /><br />So inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com