My Health Record

Health minister Mark Butler has announced the three strains of focus for looming Medicare reforms, which include updating old technology.

The Medicare taskforce advocated for nationally consistent clinical healthcare data collection, with clarity of data ownership and consent.

Javier Ribalta PSM, an ACT-based project-management expert who played a central role in the set-up of the digital vaccine certificate.

“Data can help you understand the environment in which policies and programs operate,” says former ABS head David Kalisch.

The pandemic has helped accelerate the adoption of digital health services, with Australians more willing to interact via self-service platforms.

PCR test results in some cases were delivered 12 hours earlier through the My Health Record than via text messages from the pathology companies. 

The Australian Digital Health Agency has awarded Deloitte the contract for a platform that will simplify the access and exchange of health information.

The government will commit more than $500 million to overhaul myGov and My Health Record, as part of a $1.2 billion digital economy strategy.

A ‘modern approach’ to the replacement of the services currently provided by the My Health Record System operator would be undertaken in the national infrastructure modernisation program.

Another senior public servant has resigned from the Australian Digital Health Agency. National health chief information officer Ronan O’Connor has left the agency to take on a role at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

The Australian Digital Health Agency — the system operator for My Health Record — on Tuesday told the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit that it has identified two potential data breaches in the current financial year.

The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Digital Health Agency have paired up to design a resource which teaches school children about the My Health Record system. The ADHA manages the Federal government’s digital health records system, which is currently used by 22.65 million Australians. Children aged 14 years and over can use My […]

The federal government’s controversial My Health Record has been given the tick of approval by the national auditor-general, despite it being exposed to shared cybersecurity risks.