afe66:

sir1963:


Thats nice...... but did you know that when you "opt-out" all your medical records are STILL put into the "cloud" along with everyone else's and they are simply marked as "inaccessible". Your records can NOT be removed or deleted.

Better yet, I opted out with medtech, but that information was never sent to my GP, and it was not easy for him to find where to opt me out.

The cloud goal also keep changing, so what you believed was happening with your information can change at any stage on the whim of the ministry of health, they have no obligation to inform you of these changes, it is up to you to ask your GP (who is also not guaranteed to be informed).

Were you told that you had to opt-out, the default is that everyone who is enrolled with a medical practice is opted in. In some cases you may also find that if you opt-out you may loose all your health subsidies.

I attended the presentation/push for the proposed electronic records system  last year.

I expressed my cynicism at the time about their faith in system security having seen it at work in in hospitals. Didn't stop Jessie Ridders radiology records being accessed. Sure they knew who it was because they used their own login details which was stupid.

Questions about security of information being stored overseas was met with rolled eyes.

Yes, I know you had to opt out. I was at the presentation.

My eyes rolled at the " limiited access " to these records to trusted people... So doctors, nurses, district nurses practice nurses, pharmacist, physiotherapy, midwife, occupational therapists, SLT ...all those passwords, all those pc's being left on...

A.