> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Gilchrist > Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 12:49 PM
> This document has been posted on the HIC and now MediScare > web sites for > many years, more than four years to my personal knowledge. > http://www.medicare.gov.au/resources/pki/ma_notice_of_it_stand > ards_electronic_and_paper_011005.pdf > > It says signing by individual PKI keys is appropriate.It > doesn't mention > Encryption, That is because the only thing that Medicare requires and cares about is a signature to make the referral valid for Medicare benefits purposes. Whether a referral is sent unencrypted doesn't concern Medicare at all. Encryption is a patient privacy and medical ethics matter. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 M 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
