What cheeses me off

[MARTINE]

Agree. We were very pissed off when after paying some $600 to a neurologist specialist, she would not give us a copy of her report and marked it so the GP could only read it to us and not print a copy for our records. Where do so specialists get off on this stuff.

Unless its contents are harmful to your health you can access it by law. That qualifier/disclaimer means nothing

 

[p--and--t]

Apologies - the net was't intended to be cast wide

Yes I amended my post as I had not read yours in context

 

[TheRealTMA]

Unless its contents are harmful to your health you can access it by law. That qualifier/disclaimer means nothing

Sorry, wasn’t a neurologist but ENT specialist. No need to upset your local GP though who was just doing what the specialist had demanded. The report was a useless waste of hundreds of dollars anyway since it provided no solutions.

 

[Flashback]

She doesn't check your pockets?!

Yes, sometimes Mrs FB forgets. My mother never forgot!

As I said earlier you become very forgetful as you get older....

I've been doing it since I was a kid... so I don't think that's it

 

[Lynda2475]

They already know your sensitive health data (Medicare - item numbers, PBS - medicines ). As does your pharmac_ business, radiology businesses, pathology businesses, their software, their data centres etc.

Nope they do not have all my medical history in once centralized place.

You also incorrectly assume there is data about me that doesn't exist. You may take regular medication, but healthy people like me do not. It's been a decade since I've had to fill a prescription and then it was for "just in case" antibiotics to take on a trip to Latin America; I only take drugs as a last resort; as I have a drug allergies and i don't want to build up any resistance to the few antibiotics I can take by taking them unnecessarily.

I dont have a regular pharmac_ either, pop into which ever one is closest if i need something.

Not 'trusting' the government with the data is just paranoia about probably the safest link of all in the chain.

You over estimate the IT capabilities of most government departments. I work closely with cyber security experts, and you need only look at leaks like medibank private (ex government).

Im not paranoid, just sensible and I don't think they need to be storing details such as I had chicken pox in 1982, a dislocated knee in 1985 or an ear infection in 2013. The more centralised data is the more vulnerable it is in any cyber incident.

Centralised vaccination records is all i consent to at this time. There is zero benefit to me of My Health having other details.

MHR allows the individual to view it in one place ( or getting there) and to see if it's correct. Once it gets to your doctor, itbecomes their property; if you want a copy of your results, is up to them ( maybe new rules change that?). And it allows me to keep my own results of blood tests so if I'm traveling, I can produce it if needs be.

LOL must be very different in Tassie, cause in Sydney when you order pathology or x-rays/scans they ask for your email and mobile on the form, and they provide you a log-on to see the results given you are the one paying for the test/scan.

Sure your doctor (or physio if you consent) gets a copy, but I was able to download the MRI images from my knee injury and my blood test results as soon as they were available. Only an unprofessional doctor would withhold information about the patient form the patient; and that would be a red flag to find a different one.

I cant recall any instance of seeing a doctor or specialist where I didn't receive full copy of report even last century when they were on paper.

I'm confident in my ability to securely store my own records; and its far easier for me to get to my secure cloud drive than pfaff around with my gov when overseas given their 2FA requires mobile coverage; but I can authenticate or my cloud drive using other methods.

Not 'trusting' the guv'mint with health data is about the same as not trusting there tax office with your financial data.

There you go again making unfounded assumptions, trying to be clever *yawn*.

If there is a legitimate reason for the government to have data I provide it; but I dont offer up data to them just for the sake of it.

The ATO knows your employer and investment income if you have provided your TFN. They get totals for each source but they don't get visibility of every withdrawal or CC transaction unless they secure a subponea because you are suspected of money laundering or are on a terror watch list.

Under privacy act companies and government departments are obligated to not keep data longer than certain periods and are only allowed to collect data for its intended purpose. You are entitled to request a copy of all data a company holds above you under freedom of information; if they have breached retention period or for example have stored copies of you ID after validating you they have to destroy/delete those records; if you are no longer a customer you can require them to delete all your data (except that which is needed for tax purposes and even then only for 7 years).

 

[JohnK]

We should not have to read every single fine print. Anything significant should be up front.

EconomyBookings

I have only recently come across them. Car rental. Looked at some rates and rates look competitive. There's mention of free cancellation up to 2 days before commencement.

Ok, so how much is deposit/excess at time of rental. Could not see anything.

Ok, so what about free cancellation. Yes if you cancel they'll refund fully into an account with them. What? If you want the money to go back to credit then charge EUR65.

No thanks EconomyBookings. I now understand your operating model and it stinks.

Found a much cheaper deal with QEEQ and locked it in for end September and all I had to pay was $1.60 up front with the remainder 3 days before car hire.

 

[drron]

Sorry, wasn’t a neurologist but ENT specialist. No need to upset your local GP though who was just doing what the specialist had demanded. The report was a useless waste of hundreds of dollars anyway since it provided no solutions.

Don't worry the neurologist I saw wouldn't provide a copy of his report to me. And the one Mrsdrron saw didn't even provide our GP with a report. We have had to send a formal request to the local hospital for a copy of her EEG report done in the first days of September. Neurologists haven't as yet set up a private EEG service.