My Health Record: Government promises changes to legislation
The government says it will amend the My Health Record legislation to require a court order before law enforcement and other government agencies to access eHealth records.
The government says it will amend the My Health Record legislation to require a court order before law enforcement and other government agencies to access eHealth records.
Labor has called on the government to extend the opt-out window that allows Australians to request they are not enrolled in the national eHealth record system.
A major cyberattack on Singapore's government health database stole the personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the government said on Friday.
The office of the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner says its website suffered a “technical issue” yesterday evening “as a result of routine website maintenance”.
Samsung Electronics Australia and Uniting – which operates a number of residential care homes across NSW and the ACT – are partnering to provide dementia patients with virtual reality and 360 degree video experiences.
The federal government will fund 15 trials that will use data drawn from the My Health Record system to boost patient outcomes.
Health service booking platform HealthEngine says it has notified the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of a data breach affecting some of its registered users.
The Australian Medical Association says it would support an investigation by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) into the privacy practices of HealthEngine.
As their condition progresses, a person with dementia finds understanding what they hear increasingly difficult.
The CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) – the body responsible for implementing and operating the My Health Record – has rejected claims Australian’s right to opt-out of the electronic health record system is not being sufficiently communicated.
Australians will have a three month period starting from mid-July to opt out of having a My Health Record created for them.
Family Planning NSW has written to clients revealing that a “cyber-attack” on its website may have compromised a number of its online databases.
Use of both de-identified data and, in some circumstances, identifiable data will be permitted under a new government framework for so-called “secondary use” of data derived from the national eHealth record system. Linking data from the My Health Record system to other datasets is also allowed under some circumstances.
The CEO and CIO of NSW eHealth, Dr Zoran Bolevich, has outline the goal of the state having a fully integrated digital health service within a decade.
Victoria’s 2018-19 budget will earmark $124 million for the rollout of electronic medical records at three health services, the state government revealed today.