On 9/05/2018 1:25 PM, Stephen Loosley wrote: > Briefly, on another topic and although Tom usually summarizes the budget for > IT for us, here’s quite a rosey sounding BusinessInsider summary of some > major relevant budget items .. >
There's one they've missed: http://www.healthcareit.com.au/article/budget-boost-health-tech-windfall-federal-budget-critics-say-immediate-patient-needs-are "An additional $5 million over two years will go towards the development of the previously announced national digital baby book, a project led by the National Children’s Digital Health Collaborative and designed to provide newborn Australians with a lifelong electronic health record." This is a an initiative of the Australian Digital Health Agency. https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/news-and-events/news/media-release-a-new-national-digital-collaborative-to-improve-child-health It is not clear if the digital baby book is part of My Health Record or is a separate system that interfaces with it. If the data does end up in My Health Record it means that the government will be able to track every Australian who has one, their health problems from birth, how much the government has paid for their health care, who has treated them, how well they have treated them, where they have lived, their contact information and their relatives. Current My Health Record rules say that a record can never be deleted, neither can any data that has been uploaded to it. And as part of the Multi Agency Data Integration Project, it looks as though the ABS can link it to other agency's databases for a whole range of reasons. http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Statistical+Data+Integration+-+MADIP And did you know that the soon to be announced change to My Health Record to make it opt-out means the government doesn't need your consent to register you or gather your health data? Consent will be implied because you didn't opt-out. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Canberra Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
