Greg & others A cat amongst the pidgeons.
An interesting scenario with IT/IM expectations. A Dr. has to encrypt patient data being sent to HIC or another Dr. Yet if I send a patient a copy of a report etc. by E-mail because patient requests it, no encryption criteria apply. Surely this is completely wrong that HIC expects this double standards ?? Cedric ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2006 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Re: [Nat-Div] More questions on Argus Oliver Frank wrote: > As an interesting extra twist, all of my referrals sent electronically > carry a scanned facsimile of my signature. Is this legally valid? I > believe so. I wrote that signature by hand, and I have personally > affixed it to every electronic referral. > > I warned you. Oliver, My understanding, and I'm happy to be corrected, is that: RACGP standards require electronic clinical messages to be encrypted. Medicare and an Act of Parliament require electronic referrals to be digitally signed using the HeSA individual key to be a valid referral for Medicare rebate purposes. Your 'hundreds or thousands of doctors around Australia' are playing an interesting game. How long before a Z-car turns up on someone's doorstep? Moreover, will 'real' secure messaging ever get off the ground if this trend grows, followed by the inevitable backlash resulting in even more unrealistic hoops to jump through? Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
