No security can be claimed for Australia's new My Health Record. Staff at hospitals can download patient records from the central database, copy them, then take the information home. Password gateways are useless. No hacking is needed.
Records have been kept for years on people in hospitals anyway. Many have found that they already have an MHR record when they attempt to opt-out. After October 15 clearing your data is not possible. It cannot be deleted, only cancelled - whatever that means.
Apparently, cancelled records will be kept in the cloud for 30 years. Don't be fooled. Governments can bring in new rules to access them. Politicians of all colors know the future will be Orwellian. There will be nowhere to hide and everything about you will be known by the state.
The government started My Health Record without your consent six years ago. It was called the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR). A patient was pestered after release from hospital. He received a letter requiring a signature. He sent a letter to the source saying no signature would be given. He received that same health record letter three more times.
Patients in recovery are asked to sign a lot of things. Did you sign on the PCEHR? Think back. You may have! You can even unknowingly sign the form at a Medicare office and while visiting a GP. Is the government deceitful? Thankfully, politicians will be in the same boat as the rest of us.
greg hunt
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