Medical Records opt in/out

[Autocon]

As of today all of your medical records are now online on the government health website. It use to be an opt in situation but from today it is now changed to an opt out option. You have until october to opt out.

Do you trust the gov with your personal medical information online and do you think its safe from hackers?

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Thanks for the heads-up Autocon!

I opted out -- don't trust the government one bit at all!

[MayzaPrime]

I opted out...

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm wavering a little...it's a good idea in and of itself, but I do not trust this government at all either in competence (their track record in IT and data security is abysmal) or in motive (outsourcing to shonky providers, selling data to third parties, and releasing private data out of sheer malice a la that Centrelink VS Andi Fox blogger thing last year).

I'm leaning towards opting out atm.

[DELTAprime]

Can someone explain what medical records it is? Is it just what is on file at public hospitals or is it including my local GP, private specialist, etc?

[dirge]

The government? Maaaaaaaaybe.

Individual small-scale medical practitioner office's IT security? Hell no. And... hackers ALREADY target those.

I opted out.

[kovert]

The opt-out form requires the user to enter information such as a Government-issued identification card number and Medicare card number. Wouldn't like to think how secure that information will be, after it is submitted and stored!

[dirge]

The opt-out form requires the user to enter information such as a Government-issued identification card number and Medicare card number. Wouldn't like to think how secure that information will be, after it is submitted and stored!

They do need to validate against the Medicare record, though. So it's kinda needed.

Having said that, I don't believe we should forced to opt out. This whole thing smells like it's for the benefit of big health firms & insurers. Not us.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

They do need to validate against the Medicare record, though. So it's kinda needed.

Having said that, I don't believe we should forced to opt out. This whole thing smells like it's for the benefit of big health firms & insurers. Not us.

^^^ This. Plus all this. I'm out.

Shame 'cos it's still a good idea, if it was undertaken with regard for privacy and by a government who could, say, successfully pull off their own Census.

[DELTAprime]

After reading up on this I'm not overly concerned. Mostly because my GPs office already has it all stored on their own cloud so they can access it from various clinics around town. Doesn't really matter to me if it's in my doctors hands or in the health department, if it's online it's online.