Tag: My Health Record

Govt changes to MHR unveiled

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has revealed amendments to the My Health Record service that it says “strengthen its already robust privacy framework” following the launch of a senate inquiry last...

MHR senate inquiry on the way

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal opposition is pushing for a wide-ranging senate inquiry into the My Health Record service, with civil and digital rights advocates saying there are still many issues despite...

AMA push for MHR changes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s most powerful doctors’ group is urging the Commonwealth to clarify the contradictions between its assertions that no medical information will be passed on to authorities with a warrant and...

MHR legislation contradicts agency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The agency behind the federal government’s troubled My Health Record service is continuing to maintain that it would not hand over sensitive medical information to authorities without a warrant,...

Opt-out begins for MHR

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A significant data breach involving the federal government’s My Health Record is “just a matter of time”, digital rights advocates argue, as the three month opt-out period begins. Civil...

Govt spends up on MHR tests

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has revealed how it will spend $8.5 million on a number of test cases for the use of data from My Health Record as it continues...

$100m blitz for MyHealth Record

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Health department says data from the federal MyHealth Record service could be made available for commercial medical research purposes, even while it revealed details of a $100 million media...

My Health Record an ‘abuse of trust’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Digital rights advocates are calling on Australians to opt-out of the My Health Record service after labelling the government’s approach to the digital service an “abuse of trust”. My...