16 July 2018 - The Federal Government's digital health agency has moved to reassure Australians that their online My Health Record data will be safe, as the opt-out period begins.
From today, people who do not want their medical records stored on the national electronic database will have three months to opt out.
Steve Hambleton from the Australian Digital Health Agency said after October 15, there would be a month of auditing who was in and who was out.