The AMA Joint Submission highlights concerns that the proposed arrangements will impose additional requirements on registrants to provide information, including workforce data, to the relevant board as a condition of registration, and extend existing arrangements for information sharing about registered medical practitioners between various government agencies.
AMA Position Statement: Unique Healthcare Identifiers - 2008
AMA comments on the Review of Australian Privacy Law, Discussion Paper 72
The NSW Supreme Court's June 2003 decision of PD v Dr Nicholas Harvey and Another reminds doctors in clinical practice of the importance of effective patient-doctor communication and duty of care to third parties.
Your Privacy Questions Answered
AMA Position Statement: Guidelines for Doctors on Providing Patient Access to Medical Records - 1997. Revised 2002
AMA Position Statement: Access to Medical Records by Doctors Who Are Not Treating the Patients Concerned - 2002