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Australia has surpassed 2 million vaccines but lacks data on second doses
28 April 2021 - Australians will not be told how many people have received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2020
Is your health data safe as My Health Record hacking revealed
20 May 2020 - The government's My Health Record platform was the target of an attempted hack last year, Australia's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Dec 2019
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19
17 December 2019 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Insurer NIB wants access to members’ genetic information
6 December 2019 - Health insurer NIB wants to use genetic information and My Health Record data to calculate the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2019
Medicare bill ‘puts every Australian at risk’
28 November 2019 - A new Medicare anti-fraud bill would put the privacy of every Australian at risk and create ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
Biostatistics: a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science
28 October 2019 - The value of our health and medical research investment is at risk unless we foster the discipline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2019
Australia could be world leader with its digital medical data banks
26 August 2019 - Australia is behind global peers in adopting technology in healthcare but it has an opportunity to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
Chinese stealing health and medical research data: report
21 August 2019 - The global healthcare sector, including Australia, faces increasing cyber threats and malicious activity from Chinese groups, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Insurers snooping in our health records
9 August 2019 - Life insurers have trawled through the medical records of 150,000 Australians in an attempt to deny ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2019
Academies call on health minsters to resolve health data issues
15 July 2019 - Regulatory barriers that limit timely access to population and health data must be resolved to achieve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2019
My Health Record opt-out doubles to 2.5 million people
20 February 2019 - The number of Australians who opted out of the My Health Record system doubled after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2019
My Health Record reflects 'new consensus', says CEO Tim Kelsey
19 February 2019 - The government's controversial My Health Record was part of a "new consensus" on digital health, said ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2019
My Health Record enshrines choice
24 January 2019 - A change in the law enabling people to delete permanently their My Health Record, should strengthen ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2019
China has a very unhealthy interest in our medical data
14 January 2019 - Chinese companies are required by law to obey directives from Beijing's intelligence agencies. So why would ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2018
My Health Record opt-out deadline extended after system crash
14 November 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has agreed to extend the My Health Record opt-out deadline, after ...