[LINK] The "health" record security model

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 12/11/2018 1:17 PM, Jim Birch wrote:
> The vast majority of patients are unable to reliably convey diagnoses,
> whether they corpus mentus or not.  They can usually converse about their
> symptoms but patients with reliable memory of explicit diagnoses are
> atypical.
>
> This may not apply equally young educated middle class people.  Do you
> serious expect a 70 year old with multiple comorbidities who has just had a
> fall to remember all their conditions and allergies?  "I have a heart
> condition" is a help, but the actual heart condition out of a couple of
> hundred is more useful.  It may rule out therapies that are otherwise the
> best option.  cf something we hear in IT: "There's something wrong with my
> computer."

Totally agree. The issue is that MyHR doesn't help in this situation.

Access to the patient's real medical records (which is becoming more
frequent and at a much lower cost and risk) is what would be better, not
some badly curated mess.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
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