> -----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
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