Comments on: Can Government 2.0 gain momentum in Australia? http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/ strategies, tools and processes to empower knowledge workers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: On government 2.0 « Brad Hinton - plain speaking http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-3353 On government 2.0 « Brad Hinton - plain speaking Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:32:12 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-3353 [...] issues of note when it comes to government 2.0. Firstly, the point Stephen made yesterday and in a previous blog post, is that governments need to engage with the citizenry. The tools are certainly available with [...] […] issues of note when it comes to government 2.0. Firstly, the point Stephen made yesterday and in a previous blog post, is that governments need to engage with the citizenry. The tools are certainly available with […]

]]> By: Tara Hunt http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2113 Tara Hunt Thu, 31 May 2007 06:14:44 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2113 Hey Andrew, Of course the 'open' health records wouldn't be publicly available! OMG...the amount of discrimination that would happen - I think there was a case in California where a guy was fired because he was HIV positive and his doctor leaked his records to his employer. Yikes. But I am so incredibly perplexed as to why I can't get full access to my entire health history...or my son's for that matter (although, he should be able to 'disallow' me when he turns 18 - with permissions going to whoever his living will specifies). When I moved from Canada to the US, I lost my entire history. That scares me a great deal. No immunization records, no prescription records...my entire history, including giving birth. Gone. And it took a great deal of pain to get the immunization records for my son for his new schools down here (he couldn't become registered without them). I'd also love to be able to look into my family history of illnesses. I don't know how that is done whilst keeping privacy, but knowing who died of what is pretty important with hereditary illnesses. Especially since high blood pressure and heart attacks run in my family. To be able to show that to my current physician would help them help me. Hey Andrew,

Of course the ‘open’ health records wouldn’t be publicly available! OMG…the amount of discrimination that would happen - I think there was a case in California where a guy was fired because he was HIV positive and his doctor leaked his records to his employer. Yikes.

But I am so incredibly perplexed as to why I can’t get full access to my entire health history…or my son’s for that matter (although, he should be able to ‘disallow’ me when he turns 18 - with permissions going to whoever his living will specifies).

When I moved from Canada to the US, I lost my entire history. That scares me a great deal. No immunization records, no prescription records…my entire history, including giving birth. Gone. And it took a great deal of pain to get the immunization records for my son for his new schools down here (he couldn’t become registered without them).

I’d also love to be able to look into my family history of illnesses. I don’t know how that is done whilst keeping privacy, but knowing who died of what is pretty important with hereditary illnesses. Especially since high blood pressure and heart attacks run in my family. To be able to show that to my current physician would help them help me.

]]> By: Andrew Boyd http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2111 Andrew Boyd Mon, 28 May 2007 22:23:36 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2111 ...and streaming didn't work from here either :) That said, I followed one of the links in your post to <a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/C6F45E35CDADF1A6CC2572DF00133001" rel="nofollow">Computerworld</a> and it contained the following excerpt: "It seems that a person’s record of their health belongs not to that person but to the health provider. In some cases, this could be a life and death matter. For example, if there were concerns about a drug’s side-effects, the patient concerned would probably know and be worried he or she had taken such a drug, but it might have escaped the health authorities’ attention." Now THIS is something that I have to agree with - that everyone should have access to their own medical records. When the Australia, oops I mean Access Card, comes into being, there will be no reason why people can't access their own medical records - and this could be provided via the australia.gov.au portal along with other government services. I think that my confusion grew from the programmatical usage of the word "and" in your sentance "healthcare records being openly accessible and wikified for the patient" - I read it incorrectly, sorry. Cheers, Andrew …and streaming didn’t work from here either :) That said, I followed one of the links in your post to Computerworld and it contained the following excerpt:
“It seems that a person’s record of their health belongs not to that person but to the health provider. In some cases, this could be a life and death matter. For example, if there were concerns about a drug’s side-effects, the patient concerned would probably know and be worried he or she had taken such a drug, but it might have escaped the health authorities’ attention.”

Now THIS is something that I have to agree with - that everyone should have access to their own medical records. When the Australia, oops I mean Access Card, comes into being, there will be no reason why people can’t access their own medical records - and this could be provided via the australia.gov.au portal along with other government services.

I think that my confusion grew from the programmatical usage of the word “and” in your sentance “healthcare records being openly accessible and wikified for the patient” - I read it incorrectly, sorry.

Cheers, Andrew

]]> By: Stephen Collins http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2110 Stephen Collins Mon, 28 May 2007 22:18:24 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2110 Try going to <a href="http://richmedia.govis.org.nz/govis/viewer/" rel="nofollow">http://richmedia.govis.org.nz/govis/viewer/</a> and searching for Tara's talks. You get the bonus of seeing all the others as well. Try going to http://richmedia.govis.org.nz/govis/viewer/ and searching for Tara’s talks. You get the bonus of seeing all the others as well.

]]> By: Andrew Boyd http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2112 Andrew Boyd Mon, 28 May 2007 21:47:23 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2112 Hi Steve, didn't work. Is the video available in a downloadable format anywhere? Cheers, Andrew Hi Steve,

didn’t work. Is the video available in a downloadable format anywhere?

Cheers, Andrew

]]> By: Stephen Collins http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2109 Stephen Collins Mon, 28 May 2007 10:19:07 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2109 Andrew, you can watch video of Tara's keynote at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3xvm7t" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/3xvm7t</a>. Slides weren't recorded, but you can watch along with the slides from SlideShare (link above). Andrew, you can watch video of Tara’s keynote at http://tinyurl.com/3xvm7t. Slides weren’t recorded, but you can watch along with the slides from SlideShare (link above).

]]> By: Andrew Boyd http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2108 Andrew Boyd Mon, 28 May 2007 09:27:24 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/05/28/can-government-20-gain-momentum-in-australia/#comment-2108 Hi Steve, I have to agree with nearly everything - except for the bit about the term client inferring a choice relationship. And I need to find out more about Tara's reference to healthcare records being open - they are one of the main privacy candidates in government information today (the others being security and commercial in confidence) - QLD government is going to open licensing for 85% of their information, but not healthcare records. Openly accessible by the patient alone? Sure. Openly accessible by the primary caregiver? Hmmm. Openly accessible by everyone? Nope :) Cheers, Andrew Hi Steve,

I have to agree with nearly everything - except for the bit about the term client inferring a choice relationship.

And I need to find out more about Tara’s reference to healthcare records being open - they are one of the main privacy candidates in government information today (the others being security and commercial in confidence) - QLD government is going to open licensing for 85% of their information, but not healthcare records. Openly accessible by the patient alone? Sure. Openly accessible by the primary caregiver? Hmmm. Openly accessible by everyone? Nope :)
Cheers, Andrew

]]>