Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, the head clinical advisor to the National E-Health Transition Authority, said the identifiers would be patient-controlled and not held on a centralised database.
"The good thing about the health care identifier is that it not only makes the system safer, more accurate and up-to-date, but it also carries with it additional safeguards over and above what exists today," Dr Haikerwal said.
Earlier this week, Health Minister Nicola Roxon promised to introduce a law by the middle of the year that would create unique electronic IDs for every patient and health care provider.
"You will never satisfy everyone in regard to privacy, but I have far more confidence in the future of e-health and the security of its records than I do in the current system," Dr Haikerwal, a former president of the Australian Medical Association, said.
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Quelle/Source: Pharmacy News, 20.01.2010
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