Oliver, that is why I made my orignal posting. All Medicare says is "The practice also uses appropriate security (e.g. encryption systems) when patient information and/or clinical data are transferred electronically."
I spoke to HIC about this. Only applies to Dr's sending information to HIC or to other Dr's. If we send it to patient, it doesn't apply. To me this is double standards. I have asked HIC to update this wording so every-one knows the exclusions. Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Frank Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2006 9:31 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Re: [Nat-Div] More questions on Argus Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > Horst > > At present the guidelines from HIC does not specify we can communicate > in an unsecure manner if patient agrees. So with your thinking, if > some of my patients give permission (a large number will), can I send > their data / records electronically to another Doctor in an unsecure > manner ? Now it's getting interesting. http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/providers/incentives_allowances/pip/new_ incentives/im_it.htm says: "The practice also uses appropriate security (e.g. encryption systems) when patient information and/or clinical data are transferred electronically." What security is *appropriate* when the patient says: "I'm not paranoid, Doc. I've got nothing to hide. Just send anything you need to send about me. I'm not worried about anybody at an ISP or anywhere else reading it and I don't care if they do." or even: "I'm not paranoid, Doc. I've got nothing to hide. Just send anything you need to send about me. I'm not worried about anybody at an ISP or anywhere else reading it and I don't care if they do. Perhaps they can give some useful advice. As a matter of fact, I post all my medical details on my blog site hoping to get advice from anybody out there who can help. If you encrypt your message about me, it will only make it harder for the recipient to read it. I want you to make it as easy as possible for your message to be read, to facilitate my care." One could argue that in such a case, the appropriate security is no security. -- Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086 Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ 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
