Is This Not Misleading Advertising? - Seem To Me The LMMMS May Be Making False Representations.
http://healthcaregover.blogspot.com/2014/01/is-this-not-misleading-advertising-seem.html
Bendigo makes the most of eHealth records
By Hannah Knight
BENDIGO health professionals are embracing the eHealth record initiative.
The federal government initiative is a secure online summary of your health information designed to enable doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers to view and share your health information to provide patients with the best possible care.
Loddon Mallee Murray Medicare Local has teamed up with St John of God Hospital Bendigo to help people register their eHealth records.
LMMML trained 11 of the hospital’s volunteers to help staff, patients and visitors register for an eHealth record.
LMMML eHealth co-ordinator Katrina Law commended St John of God Hospital Bendigo for embracing the eHealth initiative.
“We have been working closely with the hospital to develop a whole of hospital approach to the eHealth program - volunteer eHealth assistants are vital to this vision," she said.
“As more people register and organisations join the eHealth record system, the better connected our health system with become.
"Being a volunteer eHealth assistant allows the St John of God volunteers to become involved in various capacities across the hospital.
"This keeps role of volunteering meaningful interesting and fulfilling."
Ms Law said the partnership was in its infancy but had already been well-received.
"We are hoping that registrations will increase once information has been sent out in a pre-admission kit," she said.
"The eHealth record is a Commonwealth program, completely free of charge and completely voluntary.
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What is going on here? The PCEHR is under review, the Budget is about to be slashed and money which might be spent elsewhere is being spent on a program which may have a life measured in weeks.
I am surprised the Medicare Local thinks it is OK to just press on and continue spending when it is clear there is likely to me major changes if not outright cancellation.
It will hardly be a good look if the volunteers discover they have been conned and wasted their time on a program the new Government has decided to cancel. This outcome has to be an even chance I would reckon.
Also I really do not like the idea of enthusiastic volunteers signing people up to anything when they typically have something rather larger on their mind - like an upcoming operation. Not the time to be at your most clear about what you are agreeing to!
It will hardly be a good look if the volunteers discover they have been conned and wasted their time on a program the new Government has decided to cancel. This outcome has to be an even chance I would reckon.
Also I really do not like the idea of enthusiastic volunteers signing people up to anything when they typically have something rather larger on their mind - like an upcoming operation. Not the time to be at your most clear about what you are agreeing to!
Oh well.
David.
