First it was privacy concerns which headed the list of reasons why the proposed eHealth scheme could be one of the worst ideas Federal Labor has come up with in the last one hundred years – now it seems the very wheels are thought to be falling off the national database wagon and it may even be dangerous to patient health.
The Australian 6 February 2012:
"That medication list (on records) is going to become a major mish-mash of sources of information from different people in different places describing the medication using different names and it's going to be extremely confusing."
Senate Community Affairs Committees Inquiry into Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 and one related bill
Senate Community Affairs Committees Inquiry into Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 and one related bill
MSIA has repeatedly asked for the information contained in the comprehensive safety report that NeHTA has stated was performed prior to the Health Identifier service going live. This has not been made available. The results of a recent FOI request to DoHA by The Australian, demonstrated that DoHA does not have such a report. The recently discovered design flaws suggest that the safety report, if completed, was not sufficiently comprehensive.
[Medical Software Industry Association submission (PDF 438KB)]
[Medical Software Industry Association submission (PDF 438KB)]
A brief history of the debate on North Coast Voices:
Friday, 17 April 2009 So you want to look through my medical records?
Wednesday, 10 June 2009 Federal Labor and Health Minister Roxon crossing a bridge too far
Thursday, 28 January 2010 e-Health: something's rotten in the State of Kevin
Sunday, 7 March 2010 And these are the people Rudd & Co intend to trust with access to a national database containing all your sensitive personal information?
Monday, 15 March 2010 Who's guarding the guards guarding your personal information?
Thursday, 14 April 2011 PCEHR opt-in provision expected to allay privacy concerns. Pull the other one!
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