Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies?

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SSW GP Link Deputy Chair, Dr Michael Tam speaks to newsGP about the use of healthcare data, especially that held by GPs, for research and other secondary purposes after the patient has died.

Some of the values that must underlie the use of the data are altruism and ensuring it is being used for the public good… That means that it cannot be used in a way that is harmful to the people the information relates to, their descendants or the community at large.

https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/should-healthcare-data-live-on-after-a-patient-die

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Dr Michael Tam is a clinical academic Specialist General Practitioner, combining the provision of family medicine, research, health services development, and governance. Michael’s clinical interest is in the whole-person primary care of people living with mental illness. He is actively involved in mental health policy, strategy, and governance, with local, state, and national bodies. Michael’s research is in integrated care and preventive care in general practice. He has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

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