At 8:13 am +1030 30/1/07, Oliver Frank wrote:
Ross Davey wrote:
All
Can anybody give me a lead on who can speak with some
authority/knowledge for me to seek advice regarding patient consent
requirements?
In particular, I would like to have advice on different models for
storing and forwarding patient health information, and which ones
that I am puting up that would require specific patient consent and
which ones would not because they dont change the current
parameters of access to their personal information.
I suggest appropriate consumer groups (not sure who or where ?
Consumer Health Forum ? others), the RACGP and the Commonwealth
Privacy Commissioner. You are probably going into new territory, so
each of these organisations may have to do some thinking about what
it considers to be reasonable.
I suspect it depends on your circumstances. The AMA privacy kit would
provide general guidance. The Privacy Act is bedrock. Interpretation
is open to humans. Anything beyond what is written is an opinion and
for every legal opinion in an adversarial legal system, there is an
equally opposite legal opinion, which ultimately is resolved by a
court if it gets that far.
So you weigh your risks/benefits/legal costs and do what seems sensible.
Ian.
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