You Really Have To Wonder Why These Loopholes Were Not Closed Earlier. Health Information Seems To Be Going Around All Over!

This appeared last week:7 December 2018DHS allows police access to private health dataGovernment Medicolegal Posted by Felicity Nelson While public outrage over access to My Health Record (MHR) data has forced a legislative change in favour of greater privacy, the police have been quietly dipping into another honeypot of health data: PBS and MBS records.An investigation by The Medical Republic has revealed state, territory and federal police forces have sent around 2,600 requests a year for this sensitive health data to the Department of Human Services over the past two years. The department can legally disclose private health records to the police without a court order.The department would not reveal how many of these requests were granted, but said the number of disclosures per year had remained stable over the past decade.Once linked, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data, can paint a very detailed picture about a person ’s medical... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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