The chip goes in the card first. Then after a few too many people lose the card, they'll decide to put the chip right in your body, you know, so you can't lose it. - Ed.
PATIENTS' private medical files will be shared among health professionals under a Rudd Government plan for a contentious healthcare card.
From the middle of next year, the Medicare card will provide doctors, dentists, pharmacists and paramedics with an encyclopedia-like file on patients' medical histories, medications and treatments.Health Minister Nicola Roxon said patients would receive better treatment, as medical errors and the expense of performing lost tests were slashed.
"We've made a decision that every Australian will be allocated a unique health identity," Ms Roxon told The Courier-Mail in an exclusive interview.
"It would be a card, most likely with a chip that would store your information on it, which you would then provide to health professionals and give them access to it when you wanted them to see it."
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