25 September 2023

Buddies on the way to digital health

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Reminiscences with theatre stars Todd McKenney and Nancye Hayes in their show Bosom Buddies at the Canberra Playhouse brought back delightful snippets from many years of a great partnerships who have sung, danced and acted their way into a formidable array of memorable theatre moments.

Not the least of these was McKenney’s telling dismissal of Pauline Hanson’s dancing talents when she “murdered a cha-cha-cha” on Dancing with the Stars way back when.

They remained friends, but with the current Perils Confronting Pauline she’ll need more than a few fancy dance steps to get back to the good old dance days.

Change for all the right reasons is at the core of the all-encompassing My Health Record, the way of the future for all the miscellany we collect along life’s journey that amounts to a record of our health, soon to be a new personal electronic health record with apparently six million of us already digitised.

If you have enough trouble remembering dates, times and treatments over the years for not just yourself but the family as well, a central agency for all info has got to be good thing.

Well Tim Kelsey as the CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency is a convincing advocate for the system with for the doubters an opt-out option available for three months from 16 July.

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