I Have To Wonder Just What Is Going On Here? It Does Not Feel Quite Right.

This appeared last week:Hidden conflict: My Health Record boss privately giving advice to health firmsBy Esther Han15 November 2018 — 12:00amThe chairman of the agency responsible for the bungled My Health Record rollout has been privately advising a global healthcare outsourcing company.The Herald discovered the relationship between the UK based government contracting giant Serco and the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA ) chairman Jim Birch after obtaining internal documents that detail the board members' conflicts of interest.The revelation comes as federal Health Minister Greg Hunt was forced to extend the My Health Record opt out period after a compromise deal with the Senate crossbench and a last minute meltdow n of the website left thousands of Australians struggling to meet the original deadline.Since April 2016, Mr Birch has been ADHA chairman with oversight of the My Health Record system, which will automatically generate digital medical records for millions of... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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