The Australian Health Minister has created a fund to pay health professionals to recruit unsuspecting patients into the personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR) scheme being rolled out from July 1 2012.
In other words they are using our tax dollar, to give health practitioners a monetary incentive to rob us of our privacy rights.
"Government’s new eHealth records system.
18 May 2012
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced $50 million over two years will be made available to Medicare Locals – networks that support frontline health providers – to assist GPs and other health care providers to adopt and use the Gillard Government’s new eHealth records system.
Ms Plibersek said the funding was part of a package to support doctors and other health professionals to help rollout the new system.
“Family doctors co-ordinate healthcare for most patients, so we know they have an important role to play in the eHealth records system,” Ms Plibersek said.
“eHealth records will ensure doctors can access a patient’s medical information in one convenient online location, reducing errors and making diagnosis and treatment quicker and easier.”
Ms Plibersek said the funding for Medicare Locals will enable them to provide practical training to GP practices and other health care providers and to drive awareness and consumer literacy of the potential of eHealth records at a regional level.
“The practical training will include how to get the practice ready for the eHealth record including how to achieve data quality, the registration process for eHealth records, engagement and support of the practice’s patients.”
“To assist providers link up to the system, Medicare Locals also will work with other health care providers – allied health, nursing, and community based specialists – as well as with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, non-government organisations, professional associations and hospitals.”
The $50 million is the final piece of a support package for doctors to help rollout the new eHealth records system and is in addition to the Government’s $233.7 million investment announced in the Budget.
It complements the three other initiatives already announced, which are:
From February 2013, up to $50,000 in Practice Incentive Program payments for each practice that shows it is capable of: (1) secure messaging, (2) integrating healthcare identifiers into electronic practice records, (3) using data records and clinical coding of diagnoses, (4) the capability to upload Shared Health Summaries and Event Summaries using compliant eHealth record software, and (5) electronic transfer of prescriptions to a prescription exchange service. Further consultation with the profession and professional associations will occur in the coming weeks about how the criteria will apply in practice.
The ability for GPs to use longer consultations (Medicare Benefit Scheme general attendance items B, C and D) when creating or adding to a shared health summary on an eHealth record which involves taking a patient’s medical history as part of a consultation.
The continuation of the Practice Nurse Incentive Program which provides up to $125,000 per year to eligible general practices towards the cost of a practice nurse. Practices can choose to have their practice nurse talk to patients about the eHealth record, and help patients set up their record.
From 1 July 2012, interested Australians will be able to register to create their own eHealth record.
"AUSTRALIANS YOU HAVE A CHOICE DON"T PERMIT YOUR DOCTOR TO LOAD YOUR PERSONAL MEDICAL RECORDS TO THE GOVERNMENT DATA BASES.
YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS BELONG TO YOU - DON'T GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP!
Fast access to your medical records online can be achieved without giving up your privacy.
Join
http://mimedikal.com membership is $10 per year.
Ask your doctor to load your medical records to your secure medical records vault at MIMEDIKAL.COM.
Your medical records will be accessible to all medical emergency departments worldwide via your USB MIMEDIKAL.COM access card.
Carrying this card at all times insures access in emergency situations even if you are unconscious.
After emergency access, your medical records vault is re-secured. No one except you can access your medical records, without your permission.
PLEASE help us spread this important news - we don't have $50 million dollars of the tax payers money to spread this warning!
Cheers,
Kitty.
