BobJ: Might there not be a simpler way to record this information then, say in the Medicare chip?
You really expect a frangible, easily-misplaced solution to work reliably? What do you do when you lose your card, or cook it? Go around to to the 5, 10, 20... health care providers you have seen in the last three years and request a re-download? Or do you periodically save it's contents in your dropbox? The security of the card creates a similar set of risks to access to the repository. Who can access it, what security protocols, etc, etc. Much smarter would be to drop the perfect security fetish. Jim On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49, Dr Bob Jansen <bob.jan...@turtlelane.com.au> wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2018, at 11:02, David <dloch...@key.net.au> wrote: > > > >> On Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:24:30 AEDT Karl Auer wrote: > >> > >> The emergency room scenario is freighted with emotion, unstated > expectations, time criticality, life-and-death decisions at their most > extreme. [...] > > > > It's also the place where it's critical to know the allergies, drug > regimes, and co-morbidities of patients who are quite often not in a fit > state to communicate reliably. Administering a drug to a patient who is > hyper-sensitive to it for one reason or another can result in death. > > Might there not be a simpler way to record this information then, say in > the Medicare chip? That way, most of the privacy issues will have gone away > and the critical info will be available. For those who don't have their > chip or who can't communicate at the time, the issues remain as now. When > drugs change, the Dr/Pharmacist just uploads the amended info into the > Medicare chip. > > BobJ > --------------- > Dr Bob Jansen > Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd > 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia > Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 > Ph (Australia) +61 414 297 448 > Resume: http://au.linkedin.com/in/bobjan > Skype: bobjtls > KakaoTalk: bobjtls > http://www.turtlelane.com.au > > In line with the Australian anti-spam legislation, if you wish to receive > no further email from me, please send me an email with the subject "No Spam" > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
