Great To See One Government Agency Providing Marketing Services For Another - Hardly A Balanced Statement IMVHO

This appeared in my inbox this morning: AHPRA Email – Sent 25 FebruaryThe Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is sending you this important information on behalf of the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency). The information in this email belongs to the Agency, which is responsible for it. Dear David More, Between 16 July 2018 and 31 January 2019, Australians had the opportunity to choose to have a My Health Record or to opt-out if they did not want a record created for them. Strengthened privacy protectionsOn 26 November 2018, the Australian Parliament passed new laws to strengthen My Health Record p rivacy protections. These new laws mean your patients can now choose to have a My Health Record or permanently delete it at any time in their life. The stronger laws prohibit the release of health information in your patient’s My Health Record for any non-healthcare related uses, including for ins urance or pre-employment purposes, and there are increased... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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