[LINK] No option for health trial

[Adam Todd]

At 12:36 PM 22/03/2006, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>
>>No option for health trial
>>Karen Dearne
>>MARCH 22, 2006
>>The Australian
>>http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18561530%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
>>AN automatic enrolment, opt-out trial of an electronic health record system
>>will commence in the Hunter region tomorrow, with NSW Health defending
>>last-minute changes to consent arrangements as pragmatic and reasonable.
>>"We're not trying to do this under the covers," NSW Health deputy
>>director-general for health system performance Katherine McGrath said.
>>"We know lots of people are anxious about the changes, but the opt-in 
>>model was
>>found to be too technically difficult to do, for a whole range of reasons."
>
>Bull twaddle.
>
>Opt-out systems are the easier option when you are dealing with
>an existing database of those who are already opted-in by default.
>This is not the case here.

I agree, and i agree.  How can this not be considered "under the covers" if 
your information which you know is NOT already electronically recorded, is 
suddenly en electronically recorded?

Is this a process of Doctor will electronically submit information to NSW 
Health, unless you specifically otherwise tell them not to at the time the 
information is collected?

I wonder if we can have OPT-IN payment at checkouts - you know, generally 
we all want goods for free, so unless we OPT to pay for them we can walk out?