It Seems At Least One Medical Student Is Not At All Fond Of The myHR.

This appeared last week:Data, distrust, and the disastrous My Health RecordAmy Coopes |  05 July 2017Plagued by sluggish uptake, clinician reticence and a substantial privacy backlash, the $1.2 billion My Health Record has proven, thus far, something of a lemon.No amount of rebranding away from the unfortunately-acronymed PCEHR ('pecker') to My Health Record, or push to a coercive opt-out model can overcome the simple fact that it isn't very popular. After five years just five million Australians — one in five of us — have signed up for a record, and only 10,000 doctors, hospitals and other health providers are on board.The putative benefits of an electronic health record have been expounded at length by the government, and are purported to include: less fragmentation of health data acro ss a heavily siloed system; improved availability and quality of information; fewer adverse events and duplicated tests or treatments and improved coordination and quality of care... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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