Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 23rd July, 2018.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General CommentOpt-out Week 1 and what a fiasco – there is little else to say.

Note that Commentary will be covered in a second posting tomorrow.
-----  Opt-Out News Start.https://www.smh.com.au/technology/breach-inevitable-in-digital-health-records-20180715-p4zrmb.htmlBreach 'inevitable' in digital health recordsBy Ben Grubb& Jennifer Duke15 July 2018 — 10:38pmTalking pointsYou'll automatically be signed up to a digital health record unless you opt outAbout 5.9 million Australians already have a My Health RecordApproximately 2900 practitioners currently have access to the systemAn estimated 6.5 million clinical documents hav e been uploaded to dateSecurity and privacy experts...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 23, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs