BC eHealth Opt-Out site
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- eHealth is a British Columbia government plan meant to manage the personal health information of every British Columbian through shared electronic data sources, say bureaucrats.
It’s all part of Canada’s health care system and, “will result in benefits to Canadians” through improvements in, “accessibility, quality and efficiency,” promises Health Canada.
But, Wrong! – say people in British Columbia.
There’s an excellent chance personal and private data may end up in the wrong hands, they state, launching BC Opt Out to make sure they’re made a part of the province’s version only if they want to be.
Organisations concerned about medical privacy, “are saying the public needs to educate and protect themselves,” says News 1130.
The story has Micheal Vonn with the BC Civil Liberties Association saying information which might be useless to an emergency room doctor, “could be of interest to employers, insurers, police or researchers if it gets in the wrong hands”.
$108,489 on travel
In Ontario, eHealth, “tallied up well over $200,000 in meal and travel expenses during a few months,” the London Free Press quotes Tory MPP Elizabeth Witmer as saying.
“Staff members and consultants with eHealth Ontario, which is developing the province’s electronic health records, spent $39,235 on meals, $108,489 on travel and $18,327 on accommodation between October 2008 and January 2009,” wioth a further $48,257 spent catering “off-site” meetings, says the story.
“These people are out of control and nobody is providing any oversight,” according to Witmer.
You know better
Back in BC, to Opt Out of eHealth, “and protect your right to privacy, follow these simple steps,” suggests BC Opt Out, going on »»»
1. Open the letter templates below and fill in the highlighted fields with your appropriate information.
2. Print the letters and complete them with your signature.
3. Deliver the completed letters to your applicable health care professionals and MLA (click here to find yours), keeping a copy of each letter for your personal files.
Letter to your Diagnostic Imaging Lab
BE PREPARED: When you present these letters to your health care provider, you might discover that they know nothing about eHealth. Some might tell you not to worry because eHealth isn`t up-and-running yet. Some might even tell you that you have no choice, that you need eHealth to get proper care. This only goes to show how unprepared BC is for the eHealth system.
You know better.
“Included with each letter template is a backgrounder on eHealth, tailored for each of your health care providers,” says BC Opt Out, adding:
‘Be sure to attach this page to your letters so that your doctor/pharmacist/diagnostic imaging tech/testing lab tech can learn the reality of eHealth. ”
News 1130 – Organization promotes opting out of eHealth system, April 7, 2009
London Free Press – eHealth agency ‘out of control’, April 7, 2009
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