Preserving the doctor-patient relationship via video link

The future looks grim for the Federal Government’s My Health Record unless its inherent problems are addressed, new figures suggest.

Around 6.8 million requests were made over the phone last financial year

They are inefficient, put patients at risk and create a ‘heavy burden’ on GPs

1500 general practices have missed targets leaving them out of pocket

Patients face being delisted if they are out of touch with their GP for five years

They say they’ll lose thousands under the change

Proposed legislative changes reverses a decades-old policy of de-identifying information

The slow adoption of e-health technology shows old habits die hard