tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post3939114154726746065..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: This Is A Really Messy Outcome That Seems To Have Happened When People Were Opted-In To A Shared EHR.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-79610936014468861542013-08-23T04:41:59.785+10:002013-08-23T04:41:59.785+10:008/22/2013 08:11:00 PM I was waiting in a Medicare ...8/22/2013 08:11:00 PM I was waiting in a Medicare shop today, when the elderly gentleman sitting a few seats away was approached by an 'eHealth person' and asked ....<br /><br />The poor man can only be described as the victim of predatory, intrusive, misleading practice. I expect the Privacy Commissioner and patient rights organisations will have something to say about this. The body Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-91412578573174411672013-08-22T21:33:27.965+10:002013-08-22T21:33:27.965+10:00Good point.
How many of the currently bandied abo...Good point.<br /><br />How many of the currently bandied about numbers of PCEHR registration numbers are actually bona-fide numbers where a patient has fully completed the registration process and activated their PCEHR?<br /><br />As opposed to numbers who have naively signed a form when recently confronted by a PCEHR agent holding a clipboard at some government establishment??<br /><br />Good Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-56997027141233599402013-08-22T20:11:28.986+10:002013-08-22T20:11:28.986+10:00I was waiting in a Medicare shop today, when the e...I was waiting in a Medicare shop today, when the elderly gentleman sitting a few seats away was approached by an 'eHealth person' and asked if he would like to sign up for an electronic health record. He was quite interested and polite, and dutifully handed over his medicare card and other details. The eHealth lady spoke of the benefits. Also suggested that next time he goes to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-1063963146053614532013-08-22T18:47:12.724+10:002013-08-22T18:47:12.724+10:00The "simple" principle is that Governmen...The "simple" principle is that Government, Bureaucracy or anyone else has any right, interest or stake in <b>Patient/Clinician Confidentiality</b>!<br /><br />For this reason alone, notions of the UK's SEHR and Australia's PCEHR are fundamentally flawed concepts.<br /><br />Participation in these Government healthcare/ eHealth Faustian bargains will inevitably be a losing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com