Tag: Health data

Vic govt health database plan is a problem

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government is yet to consult with its own privacy office on a plan to store the health data of individuals in a database and share it with...

Aussie workplace thermal test unveiled

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
Brisbane based technology and services company Bigmate has developed a thermal-imaging solution which can immediately detect elevated temperatures of people entering or leaving their workplaces in real time. Known...

Health research starved of data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to provide Australian medical and health researchers with better access to valuable data in order to improve the health of the population and cash in on...

Health bungles data release

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new report by the government’s privacy authority has found that the Department of Health breached the Privacy Act a number of times as part of a bungled release...