Category Archives: e-health

Why the secrecy about data, when it could help everything from influenza to child protection

August 7, 2009 – 1:27 pm

The Department of Health and Ageing has called for submissions on proposals for developing healthcare identifiers and related privacy legislation. A Croakey reader, Dr Trevor Kerr is worried that the submissions are not going to be made publicly available.
Below he gives two pertinent case studies of the potential benefits that could flow from healthcare identifiers [...]

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The big bang lies with e-health proposals

July 28, 2009 – 11:19 am

Philip Davies, Professor of Health Systems & Policy at the University of Queensland’s School of Population Health, is encouraged by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission proposals around e-health. He writes:
“Much of the debate following the release of the National Health & Hospital Reform Commission’s (NHHRC) report A Healthier Future For All Australians will [...]

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E-health plans will benefit private rather than patient interests

May 27, 2009 – 8:41 am

Cris Kerr, an advocate for the value of patient testimony, especially around e-Health systems, has responded to Paul Smith’s recent report on the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission plans. Cris writes:
“I wish to draw attention to the recent NHHRC release entitled, ‘Person-controlled Electronic Health Records’, where on page 14 the following is stated:
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