Meanwhile those like me who would like to have the "system" to have an accurate record of their health don't ... because so much "stuff" has not been uploaded by providers.

Silly business IMO.

Ray - there are laws in place for all three of the things you mentioned and they are being handled as they should be by individual legislation to preserve all the people involved.

These are the most sensitive issues. We don't want babies dropped at church door, the sexually active to not seek treatment and the mentally ill to commit suicide from lack of treatment.

Better a baby left outside a church than in a dustbin. We've had a couple outside our synagogue in recent years. Have you Rosret? We bring them in and teach them all about the Old Testament.

Why should "sexually active" people need treatment?

More people that recognise when someone has a mental illness, all the better, then they can help them seek treatment.

No need to reply Ray, continue enjoying your break.

Finally!  A member who "tells it like it is"!!  I have never read such misconstrued comments such as written in this particular Topic in ages!

Thank you heemskerk99 .......

Gosh heems - another personal accusation. Be careful you are touching on defamation.

So far you have made mistakes on name,age,gender,IQ,political persuasion, and now altuism. 

The system is in and all your data is there for the world to see correct or not. Its all yours. I am just getting the word out to the millions who have no idea what is about to happen to all their medical data.

However, now you have disclosed your age I will be more forgiving of your incorrect assumptions and party line flag holding. Its not about whether you drive a Ford or a Holden. Its about Privacy and Civil Liberty.

Could you please supply a link to the interview you mention. Thanks.

PS: I am interested in knowing whether any names were mentioned.

No names were given. This is not the interview I saw on the TV. The one I saw didn't have all the other stuff from other sources.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/08/07/20/17/childhood-obesity-costing-43-million-a-year.

I am getting a 404 on that link.

If no names were mentioned, then what is your problem? Dr Black (who happens to be Chinese), together with hundreds of researchers have dozens of research papers on the internet relating to childhood obesity. Pretty normal I would say. I think you're an alarmist and time waster. Goodbye.

A very rude response. You asked for a link you couldn't read it. You know how to look it up yourself however it is not the same as it was presented on TV. 

Why ask for a link if you just want to stifle public debate. Or were they tongue in cheek requests because you thought I was making it up?

It was not a Chinese researcher. She was from Monash University and not the person who spoke in the online commentary shown in the link I gave you.

I would also hope the researchers did a proper study rather than just accessing Myhealthrecords to make a statistical analysis. Remember the conclusion was not the number of obese children but the number of times they went to the doctor.

I am sure you are smart enough to know it is not a satisfactory way to analyse and formulate conclusions.

Do you think the parents would like this sort of crosslink being made on their children and then broadcast in a news report? 

Utter nonsense and the only reason I am answering you is because I know of this research and am familiar with the researcher. 

Dr Nicole Black on the economic consequences of childhood obesity

The study, conducted by Dr Nicole Black and Professor Andrew Jones, used data on 3458 children from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children linked to their Medicare records.

No names were revealed. I repeat an alarmist and waste of time.

Childhood obesity costing $43m every year - 9news.com.au

try this link which has the video

Rosret - don't engage with the rude posters. Seems like this forum has quite a few

Yup! That's why they got rid of you Brocky. Now behave yourself.

KIAH, I am not against medical researchers making medical analysis of data. It is the where the data was received from that is the most unethical.

Children in this new system have absolutely no rights or privacy whatsoever.

If you are doing research 101 the data must always come from a first hand source. You know that. Number two - it was guaranteed confidental information. Yet it was given freely to Channel 9.

The conclusion wasn't that obese children will more likely to get ill with no reference to under weight childhood statistics. It was let's look how much is being spent on over weight children. 

I have a broad spectrum of grandchildren and I can assure you the number of doctor visits has no correlation to size. It may do when they become adults but certainly not as children. 

I have no concerns about the medical profession doing research. My concern is about the unethical stealing and sharing of the miss named "Myhealthrecords" to determine who is spending more of the medical rebate pie.

Perhaps the research should be by postcode. Children who are obese these days are not over nourished they are under nourished. Low socio-economics and obesity go hand in hand in our country.

No, it might be wise to let ALL people know by mail what is happening to their medical data and let them choose.

Can you see the difference? It is what the Labor government intended when they initiated this project for very obvious reasons.

I am cross at the Liberal government. They stuffed up the Centrelink software, the Census, the NBN, the Myhealthrecord and Naplan. If the government bureaucracy, despite the billions they are feeding into these schemes can't do better than this then they are not ready to go online.

Yes, I am repeating myself. What I need is some Parliamentarians to listen too. So like advertisements on TV the more I say it online the more it goes out into the web.

...and Foxy - just switch off email notifications and I am off your radar. :)

This Government has stuffed everything -- and there are not enough people standing up to them to be counted --

Rosret - if people do not make themselves aware of the "implications" you have suggested in your multitude of posts regarding things that "might/might not" even happen ....it is "stiff cheddar" - "tough bikkies"  etc. etc. for them - right?

You apparently have opted OUT - is there really anything else to say?  People will do what they wish to do - so please stop treating them like raving imbeciles - people can think for themselves! 

(Go watch the Magpie on tonight's 60 Minutes - he/she doesn't have to worry!    :-)   ........

agree bv with your comment "those who stay in may LIVE to regret it" however it may be better then somebody in your eulogy mentioning "if only the doctor had known his/her health record we could have saved him/her"

But, if one doesn't have or isn't wearing a "bracelet" when a health emergency occurs (related or unrelated), an efficient SECURE national health data base could be a lifesaver IMO.

Sadly, in its current form, it just doesn't stack up ... lots of data has never been uploaded from GPs, specialists, testing providers and hospitals ... including allergies, medications and diagnosed serious conditions.

Maybe one day.

Anyone who has one of these bracelets - wears them 24/7/364 which is intention. 

Only an idiot would not replace it even if taken off for some reason and going out of the house put it back on surely.

And as I said - need one - apply.

Anyone who has one of these bracelets - wears them 24/7/364 which is intention.  Only an idiot would not replace it even if taken off for some reason and going out of the house put it back on surely.

And all those who don't have one?

bv just stick to your bracelet, I am more comfortable with my total health record being known when the need arises, especial when a different problem, away from that as inserted on the bracelet, pops up 

You don't get to keep the key of some of those bracelets!

ROFL can I get that in pink, need a couple for a cat and a chihuahua, LOL