[LINK] Urgent: MyHR Opt-Out

[Dr Bob Jansen]

David,

The pin or access code needs only to be given to the current clinician and they would use it for the duration of the current treatment. I assume that after a few patients, the clinician would never remember the access codes for all.

I agree with your statement about the need though. 

I maintain my own medical record on my iPad using scanned documents and OsiriX for X-rays, MRI's, etc. this has been very beneficial when I was overseas for a number of years. At least I had scans, test results and discharge summaries for my various conditions available when needed. Certainly not every treatment item was needed.

Still, it is my medical record under my own control.

BobJ
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> On 18 Jul 2018, at 19:39, David <dlochrin at key.net.au> wrote:
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>> On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 15:01:58 AEST Dr Bob Jansen (in Korea) wrote:
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>> Why not use a chip inside our Medicare card? We need it for treatment anyway so why not have a system wherein the treating clinician uploads their notes or discharge summary into that chip. Then security is dependent on physical access with presumably some sort of PIN/Biometric.  Chip can be scrambled so unreadable without correct code. Then the patient is completely in charge. If they want the treatment recorded they have to present the card else it will not be recorded. A true patient medical record, My Medical Record!
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> There are reportedly 12,860 health organisations and up to 900,000 health professionals in Australia, and all of them would have to be able to access the card by design, so all would know the PIN.  That being the case there's hardly any point in encryption, particularly since the card would be physically the responsibility of its' owner.
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> However a more systemic question arises as to the purpose of the Health Record.  Is it intended to contain a complete record of the holder's medical history, or only critical information which might be needed in an emergency when the holder is unable to communicate it?
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> If it's for emergency use, then a medical bracelet or something similar is much simpler and more reliable.  And Emergency Room staff don't have time to wade through years of irrelevant information when a patient is bought in unconscious.
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> If not, then what really is the intention of MyHR?  I don't think the Government has been clear about this.
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> MyHR does not seem to have been thought through, even at an engineering level.  In that respect it's rather like the "multi technology mix" redesign of the NBN.
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> DavidL.
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