This Is Going To Be A Very Big Week For Digital Health in Australia. What Happens Next Is Very Important!

We have two Senate inquiries into the #myHealthRecord happening at present.First we have this one:My Health Record systemOn 15 August 2018, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report:The My Health Record system, with particular reference to: the expected benefits of the My Health Record system; the decision to shift from opt-in to opt-out; privacy and security, including concerns regarding:  the vulnerability of the system to unauthorised access, the arrangements for third party access by law enforcement, government agencies, researchers and commercial interests, and arrangements to exclude third party access arrangements to include any other party, including health or life insurers; the Government ’s administration of the My Health Record system roll-out, including:  the public information campaign, and the prevalence of ‘informed... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs