Monday, 19 December 2011

Oz also having trouble with Medi records

The whole issue of Medical recording of patients information is a political hot-potato in every country that has tried to install digital regimes. One main problem it the complete lack of security and then the human failings of the criminal who will make massive and invasive attempts to use our data to satisfy his greed.

In a country as vast as Australia the problem is acute but often, thankfully, becomes visible before any damage can be done. The unfortunate paradox is that it cost fortunes to remedy.

It ought to be a matter of interest for all Health Authorities to combine their collective wisdom and share their knowledge, or lack of it, openly with each other, for the benefit of everyone and not a selective few entrepreneurs or digital sharks.
Amplify’d from www.theaustralian.com.au

Time is running out on e-records, says GP body

AUSTRALIA'S leading GP organisation is warning time is running out for the federal government to explain how the system of electronic health records due to launch in July will work, with doctors now facing a "very, very tight" timetable to get it running.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, which represents 18,000 GPs nationally, is seeking an urgent meeting with new federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek to discuss the problem, saying doctors now have no chance of getting the six-month head start they had requested to train staff and plan.
The Australian Medical Association is also seeking a meeting with Ms Plibersek, saying there were "still serious concerns about how (electronic records) are going to apply".
RACGP president Claire Jackson said GPs also wanted to be supported in bringing in the new system -- such as by an assurance that patients having their details uploaded to an electronic record for the first time would be eligible for a higher than usual Medicare rebate, to recognise the extra time doctors would have to spend checking details were correct.
Read more at www.theaustralian.com.au

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