Medical centres forcing patients to share their personal data

[PhilT]

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@GregJef

Our health information needs to be stored off-site from the practitioner and accessible when we see different practitioners

You have essentially described MyHealthrecord, the subject of an older topic.

MyHealth Record - Megathread

I expect that most of us were not aware of MyHealth status. Like it or not be aware of what it is and how you can ‘opt’ to try safeguarding privacy. A layman’s overview

Note the many links to related topics that appear after my initial post in that topic.

@GregJef

Our health information is a tool and a safety net. It needs be appropriately accessible but also safely stored.

With the numbers of data breaches what constitutes ‘safely stored’ and if government, can ‘we’ hold government responsible if there is a breach?

@GregJef

What constitutes “our” health information shouldn’t be determined by a health practitioner.

You might not have meant that explicitly but if a health practitioner should not determine what constitutes ‘our health’ then who?