[LINK] The elderly, computers and health records

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

The PCeHR, is supposed to be a personally controlled e-Health record. At 
the moment it is planned to be opt-in. The AMA wants it to be opt-out.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/online-health-records-face-uphill-battle-20110806-1igfk.html 

> The AMA believes inclusion in the federal government's
> Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system
> should be automatic unless patients choose to ''opt out''
> Otherwise, many patients in nursing homes, the elderly
> or others who are not ''technically savvy'' will miss out
> the group's national president, Steve Hambleton, said.

After the discussion on link about older people not embracing computers, 
how the heck are they supposed to take control of their e-health record?

There is a fundamental dissonance happening here.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:	brd at iimetro.com.au
website:	www.drbrd.com



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