The Greens policy for radical reorganisation of management chronic diseases has an absolute requirement in common with the Government initiative for a cancer registry. Real-time prescription monitoring is another dream that has the same basic need, that is, methods of identification of individuals that are 100% correct and secure from corruption and criminal intrusion.
Data management is key to all health services, as is the complex matter of ownership of the data.
The Productivity Commission will be running a broad-based inquiry into human services, including health, with an explicit view to privatise services for greater efficiency. Without a robust review of identity management, that Inquiry cannot be useful.
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