Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom
Health Freedom Minute August 30, 2011
National Disease Surveillance Planned Welcome to the Health Freedom Minute. This is Twila Brase, president of Citizensʼ Council for Health Freedom. In 2010, the Ontario government ran a surprising newspaper ad. They announced that the Ministry of Health would send doctors a report on the last time each diabetic citizen had been to the doctor for blood sugar and cholesterol testing, and a report on when the patients had their last eye exam. Canadians who didnʼt want to be under government health surveillance had until June 11th last year to object and opt-out. In the U.S., the Institute of Medicine recently suggested that government officials build a national disease surveillance system using government access to electronic patient medical records under HIPAA. Congress is already moving in this direction, giving doctors, hospitals and health plans $23 billion to build a National Health Information Network. Listen again at www.healthfreedomminute.net. “EHRs pose an ethical trap for physicians,” Gordon Atherley, The Medical Post, June 1, 2010. “Summary Corporate Plan 2011-2012,” Canada Health Inforway, n.d. “U.S. Needs National Disease Surveillance System,” Neil Versel, InformationWeek, August 5, 2011.
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