The ADHA Is Pushing App Access To The myHealthRecord Even As It Admits It Has Been The Target Of Unknown Cyber Attacks. Is That Wise?

This appeared last week: Security concerns raised as My Health Record provider works with app developers By Emma Koehn May 26, 2020 — 10.00pm Cybersecurity experts have warned that partnerships between Australia's digital health agency and software startups to speed up improvements to the My Health Record system could create privacy risks for users. The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has said it is looking to work wit h more than 20 developers to connect apps to the My Health Record platform. The focus on new technologies comes as the country's digital health care sector is expected to boom after coronavirusdespite concerns of likely security breaches in the months to come. The Australian Digital Health Agency ( ADHA) oversees My Health Record, the electronic health care record platform that Australians are enrolled in unless they opted out by the start of 2019.  There are more than 22 million e-records, according to the agency's website. Users that have provided informed... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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