If My Health Record stays opt-in or goes opt-out, the system will need a complete rethink. Many people have indicated that they are in favour of a national health record system, however most reviews and recent reports indicate that there many fundamental problems with the My Health Record system as it currently exists. It is also worth noting that the government consistently promotes the claimed benefits and advantages of the system without mentioning or explaining the many risks and shortcomings inherent in the original design of the system. Here are a few: My Health Record was supposed to reduce data fragmentation, however by adding yet another repository all it does is the opposite. The whole concept is fatally flawed; it will not and cannot achieve this goal.It’s a summary system. Patients and clinicians would get more value out of full access to all their health data. The UK and Sweden are both moving in this...
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