And this idea that doctors are going to be logging on daily to canvas records for fun ignores the fact that IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY FINES AND JAIL TIME
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Replying to @GidMK
Sure they are. But once your confidentiality is gone, it doesn't come back if they throw the book at someone. And punishments that aren't enforced aren't much of a deterrent.
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Replying to @trentyarwood
Very true. I liked the point in your article, that it is small comfort if a doctor goes to prison if your life is ruined as a result anyway. But there is also an enormous amount of misinformation out there about how easy it is for health people to just ignore the law
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Replying to @GidMK
I think really it is pretty easy. But thankfully, most of us are actually reasonably decent, ethical people. But making systems more resilient against wrongdoing is a better strategy than relying on people to do the right thing and threatening punishment.
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Replying to @trentyarwood
You don't think doctors will be deterred by the penalties? I'm sure it won't stop every illegitimate access, but the penalties are pretty severe!
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Replying to @GidMK
i think the good ones don't need harsh penalties not to, the bad ones will look anyway playing the odds that they are unlikely to get caught and the fines will deter only a tiny minority.
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Replying to @trentyarwood
Gotta say, I disagree with that. I think there are a lot of fantastic health workers who don't take the amount of care with patient data that the MHR act requires
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Replying to @GidMK
Agree. But logging won't help those confidentiality breaches (leaving the record open on the laptop in the lift - the log shows a doc who's OK to access your record accessed your record), leaving your patient list in the coffee shop - not in the log at all.
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Replying to @trentyarwood
Mmm, but I suspect the penalties will make mistakes and carelessness much less likely. Currently, most people who do silly things like that face relatively minor workplace sanctions, not criminal charges
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Haha fair enough. Perhaps I'm naive, or maybe we'll see a complete lack of enforcement by the AFP. It's sections 59 and 60. Division 2 is the bit about legal entities gaining access and stuffpic.twitter.com/XLuwKglHAj
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