The Victorian government is yet to consult with its own privacy office on a plan to store the health data of individuals in a database and share it with...
Posted on | by Dr Olga Kokshagina and Dr Gillian Vesty
There are growing calls from governments and the clinical profession to move toward a more individualised, patient-centric and value-based approach to health care. COVID-19 has highlighted the critical need...
The federal government’s proposed Medicare data-matching scheme is too broad and would bring with it a range of privacy risks, according to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. The...
Labor will fund a new health technology accelerator and medical simulation facilities in Melbourne’s south-east as part of a $15 million digital health election commitment. Shadow health minister Catherine...
A new tool has been developed by CSIRO researchers to identify when and where a breakout of infectious disease identified overseas, such as dengue and measles, might spread in...
More than 2.5 million people opted out of My Health Record, equating to nearly 10 percent of all Australians eligible for the controversial system. The Australian Digital Health Agency...
The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....
While the major parties played fast and loose with Medicare in the final days of the election campaign, neither has properly grasped the digital health nettle. Right now just...
Telstra Health has been awarded a major contract to manage the Australian National Cancer Screening Register, which involves the health records of millions of Australians. The contract has been...
The shiny new bauble in the Budget is a $100 million ‘Exploring the Future’ initiative to map mineral, energy and groundwater potential in northern Australia and South Australia. It...