Oral+Presentation+Case+8

= Oral Presentation Case 8 =

//The Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 sought to establish the use of an access card for health care in Australia. This was defeated due to the intensive campaigning from a number of groups, including the Australian Privacy Foundation ([|http://www.privacy.org.au/Campaigns/ID_cards/HSAC.html).] Investigate the card and the ethical implications of its implementation.//

Background
-database of all patients' details - including personal, medical -potentially enables alot of people to access this information -card is presented everytime patient visit health clinic

Stakeholders
- tax payer - government - healthcare workers - general public

Rights and Duties
public's right - not to register (but will need the card to access medical benefit, therefore right not really upheld)

Consequentialism
- info may fall into wrong hands (eg, insurance companies, fraudisters, crime organisations, blackmailers) - loss of privacy - gives government too much power (knows every detail of our life, eg like in that george orwell book 1984 = = = = - decrease interaction between pharmacist and patient and other health professionals - economic cost: requires 1.4 billion spendature to set up,not including research&development nor continual maintenance cost ( opportunity cost) -unclear boundary on who can access information, not clear what type of information are included - other unclear consequences - society impact, social behaviour (how will people act when they know their personal information is exposed)
 * Bad consequences**

- less cards to carry (eg, instead of carrying pension card, medicare card, healthcare card, insurance card, now you only carry one card) - better health outcome for patients as health professionals have more knowledge about all the patient medical history and social /economic factors)
 * Good consequences**